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Author Lonsdorf, E.V.; Ross, S.R.; Linick, S.A.; Milstein, M.S.; Melber, T.N.
Title An experimental, comparative investigation of tool use in chimpanzees and gorillas Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Animal Behaviour Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.
Volume 77 Issue 5 Pages 1119-1126
Keywords chimpanzee; gorilla; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Pan troglodytes; social structure; tool use
Abstract Studies of ape tool use have been conducted in captivity since the early 1900s and in the wild since the 1960s. Chimpanzees are the most prolific tool users among the apes, and are known to use more tools than any other nonhuman animal. In contrast, reports of gorilla tool use are rare both in wild and captive settings. Studies of the processes involved in tool use learning have been limited in the wild by the lack of ability to control several unpredictable variables, and in captivity by tool use opportunities that are often presented in non-naturalistic contexts. We attempted to address both of these limitations by providing naïve subjects with a naturalistic tool use device (built to simulate a termite mound) while housed in a more natural social setting to approximate how learning would occur in the wild. Both gorillas and chimpanzees participated in the experiment to allow comparative analyses of acquisition of tool behaviour and the factors that may affect acquisition. Both species showed low frequencies of interaction with the mound in the baseline condition, before baiting with a food reward. Once baited, chimpanzees both attempted and succeeded to extract the reward more quickly than did gorillas. The number of social group members at the mound was significantly higher for chimpanzees than for gorillas and may have affected skill acquisition. We advocate that comparative approaches to skill acquisition and learning are valuable, but that researchers need to be cognizant of species differences in social structure that may affect results.
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5858
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Author Keeling, L.J.; Jonare, L.; Lanneborn, L.
Title Investigating horse–human interactions: The effect of a nervous human Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication The Veterinary Journal Abbreviated Journal Vet J
Volume 181 Issue 1 Pages 70-71
Keywords Behaviour; Reactivity; Heart rate; Accidents; Equitation
Abstract The heart rates (HR) of horses and the people leading them (10 horses, 20 people), and riding them (17 horses, 17 people), were recorded in an indoor arena. The horses were Swedish leisure horses of mixed ages, sex and breed. All except two of the people were female and all were of mixed age and riding experience. Each horse–human pair walked or rode between points A and B (30 m) four times on each test occasion. However, just before the fourth pass, participants were told that an umbrella would be opened as they rode, or led, the horse past the assistant. The umbrella was not opened, so this pass was no different to the previous control occasions, but nevertheless there was an increase in HR for both the person (leading, P = 0.06; riding, P < 0.05) and the horse (being led, P < 0.05; being ridden, P < 0.05). The findings indicate that analysis of HR recorded simultaneously from people and horses under different experimental handling or riding conditions presents a useful tool to investigate horse–human interactions.
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5908
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Author Alexandridis, A.
Title Pferdgestützte Bewegungstherapie bei Essstörungen Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Mensch und Pferd Abbreviated Journal mup
Volume 1 Issue Pages 13-26
Keywords Pferdgestütze Bewegungstherapie, Essstörungen, Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, „Binge-Eating“-Störung, Natural Horsemanship
Abstract Inhalte und Methoden des Natural Horsemanship (nach Pat Parelli) werden beschrieben

und in der Verbindung mit aktuellen bewegungstherapeutischen Behandlungsmethoden

bei Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa und „Binge-Eating“-Störung dargestellt.

Diese Zusammenführung ergibt eine pferdgestützte bewegungstherapeutische Methode

zur Behandlung von Essstörungen, welche anhand konkreter Praxisbeispiele

beschrieben wird. Der Ausblick auf eine laufende Evaluationsstudie schließt den Artikel

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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5965
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Author Noti, M.; Sidler, D.; Brunner, T.
Title Extra-adrenal glucocorticoid synthesis in the intestinal epithelium: more than a drop in the ocean? Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Seminars in Immunopathology Abbreviated Journal Semin. Immunopathol.
Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 237-248
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Abstract Glucocorticoids (GC) are lipophilic hormones commonly used as therapeutics in acute and chronic inflammatory disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease due to their attributed anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive actions. Although the adrenal glands are the major source of endogenous GC, there is increasing evidence for the production of extra-adrenal GC in the brain, thymus, skin, vasculature, and the intestine. However, the physiological relevance of extra-adrenal-produced GC remains still ambiguous. Therefore, this review attracts attention to discuss possible biological benefits of extra-adrenal-synthesized GC, especially focusing on the impact of locally synthesized GC in the regulation of intestinal immune responses.
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Noti2009 Serial 6001
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Author Shettleworth, S.J.
Title The evolution of comparative cognition: is the snark still a Boojum? Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Behav Processes Abbreviated Journal
Volume 80 Issue Pages
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Shettleworth2009 Serial 6231
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Author von Bayern, A.M.P.
Title The role of experience in problem solving and innovative tool use in crows Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Curr Biol Abbreviated Journal
Volume 19 Issue Pages
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ von Bayern2009 Serial 6290
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Author Reader, S.M.; Laland, K.N.
Title Animal Innovation Type Book Whole
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 6381
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Author Szabó, L.; Heltai, M.; Szucs, E.; Lanszki, J.; Lehoczki, R.
Title Expansion range of the golden jackal in Hungary between 1997 and 2006 Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Mammalia Abbreviated Journal
Volume 73 Issue Pages
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Szabó2009 Serial 6461
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Author Boersma, P.; Weenink, D.
Title Praat: doing phonetics by computer Type Book Whole
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Boersma2009 Serial 6496
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Author Liker, A.; Bókony, V.
Title Larger groups are more successful in innovative problem solving in house sparrows Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Abbreviated Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
Volume 106 Issue 19 Pages 7893-7898
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Abstract Group living offers well-known benefits to animals, such as better predator avoidance and increased foraging success. An important additional, but so far neglected, advantage is that groups may cope more effectively with unfamiliar situations through faster innovations of new solutions by some group members. We tested this hypothesis experimentally by presenting a new foraging task of opening a familiar feeder in an unfamiliar way to house sparrows in small and large groups (2 versus 6 birds). Group size had strong effects on problem solving: sparrows performed 4 times more and 11 times faster openings in large than in small groups, and all members of large groups profited by getting food sooner (7 times on average). Independently from group size, urban groups were more successful than rural groups. The disproportionately higher success in large groups was not a mere consequence of higher number of attempts, but was also related to a higher effectiveness of problem solving (3 times higher proportion of successful birds). The analyses of the birds' behavior suggest that the latter was not explained by either reduced investment in antipredator vigilance or reduced neophobia in large groups. Instead, larger groups may contain more diverse individuals with different skills and experiences, which may increase the chance of solving the task by some group members. Increased success in problem solving may promote group living in animals and may help them to adapt quickly to new situations in rapidly-changing environments.
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 6538
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