Staff Publications & Presentations

Assessing the prevalence and characteristics of hair-plucking behaviour in captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Year: 2013
Type: Publication
Less, E.H., Kuhar, C.W., & Lukas, K.E. (2013). Assessing the prevalence and characteristics of hair-plucking behaviour in captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Animal Welfare, 22:175-183. DOI: 10.7120/09627286.22.2.175.

The communicative functions of five signing chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Year: 2013
Type: Publication
Leeds, C.A. & Jensvold (2013). The communicative functions of five signing chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Pragmatics & Cognition, 21(1): 225-248.

A survey of husbandry practices for lorisid primates in North American zoos and related facilities

Year: 2013
Type: Publication

Fuller, G., Kuhar, C.W., Dennis, P.M., & Lukas, K.E. (2013). A survey of husbandry practices for lorisid primates in North American zoos and related facilities. Zoo Biology, 32(1), 88-100. DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21049.

Glucocorticoid response to changes in enclosure size and human proximity in the Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager)

Year: 2012
Type: Publication

Vick MM, Wildt DE, Turner JB, Palme R, Wolfe BA, Pukazhenthi BS. 2012. Glucocorticoid response to changes in enclosure size and human proximity in the Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager). Stress 15(1):52-61.

Transfer and acclimatization effects on the behavior of two species of African great ape (Pan troglodytes and Gorilla gorilla gorilla) moved to a novel and naturalistic zoo environment

Year: 2011
Type: Publication

Ross SR, Wagner KE, Schapiro SJ, Hau J, Lukas KE. 2011. Transfer and acclimatization effects on the behavior of two species of African great ape (Pan troglodytes and Gorilla gorilla gorilla) moved to a novel and naturalistic zoo environment. International Journal of Primatology 32(1):99-117.