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Author Winkler A, openurl 
  Title The feeding ecology of the Cape Mountain zebra in the Mountain Zebra National Park Type Manuscript
  Year 1992 Publication (up) Abbreviated Journal  
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  Notes from Professor Hans Klingels Equine Reference List Approved yes  
  Call Number Serial 1713  
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Author Davis, H.; Balfour, D. (eds) url  isbn
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  Title The Inevitable Bond: Examining Scientist-Animal Interactions Type Book Whole
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Although animals are widely employed as research subjects, it is only recently that we have acknowledged the bond that frequently, perhaps inevitably, develops between subject and researcher. Whatever the qualities of this relationship, an increasing body of evidence suggests that it may result in profound behavioural and physiological changes in the animal subject. Such effects are apparent in behavioural studies conducted in both laboratory and field settings. They also appear in physiological studies ranging from the biomedical (e.g. heart rate, blood pressure, immunological changes) to animal science (e.g. growth, reproduction). Such effects are not confined to obvious cases involving primates and dogs, but appear in unexpected animals like chickens, reptiles and even octopuses. Despite the fact that most researchers are trained to minimise or avoid such interactions, they continue to occur. This book, the first of its kind to address this issue systematically, describes many examples of this “inevitable bond” between scientist and animal. This discussion will allow researchers to anticipate these potentially confounding effects and take advantage of such relationships in designing more effective and humane environments for animal subjects.
 
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  Publisher Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge, Massachusetts Editor Davis, H.; Balfour, D.  
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  ISSN ISBN 978-0521405102 Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 3595  
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Author Leng, V. isbn  openurl
  Title Das Vielseitigkeitspferd. Der Vielseitigkeitsreiter. Ausbildung, Training, Event. Type Book Whole
  Year 1992 Publication (up) Abbreviated Journal  
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  Publisher Blv Verlagsgesellschaft Place of Publication München Editor  
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  ISSN ISBN 3 405 14344 6 Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 4438  
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Author Whiten, A.; Ham, R. openurl 
  Title On the nature and evolution of imitation in the animal kingdom: reappraisal of a century of research. Type Journal Article
  Year 1992 Publication (up) Abbreviated Journal Adv. Study Behav.  
  Volume 21 Issue Pages 239-283  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5599  
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Author Munthali, S.M.; Banda, H.M. doi  openurl
  Title Distribution and abundance of the common ungulates of Nyika National Park Type Journal Article
  Year 1992 Publication (up) Afr. J. Ecol Abbreviated Journal Afr. J. Ecol  
  Volume 30 Issue Pages 203-212  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 2390  
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Author Schneider, K. isbn  openurl
  Title Emotionen Type Book Chapter
  Year 1992 Publication (up) Allgemeine Psychologie Abbreviated Journal  
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  Publisher Verlag Hans Huber Place of Publication Bern Editor Spada Hans  
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  ISSN ISBN 3456823029 Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5070  
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Author Romano, N.; Vitale, F.; Alesi, D.R.; Bonura, F.; La Licata, R.; Intonazzo, V.; Dardanoni, G.; Mammina, C. url  doi
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  Title The changing pattern of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in intravenous drug users. Results of a six-year seroprevalence study in Palermo, Italy Type Journal Article
  Year 1992 Publication (up) American Journal of Epidemiology Abbreviated Journal Am J Epidemiol  
  Volume 135 Issue 11 Pages 1189-1196  
  Keywords Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*epidemiology; Adolescent; Adult; Chi-Square Distribution; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; HIV Antibodies/blood; HIV Infections/*epidemiology; HIV Seroprevalence/*trends; *Hiv-1; Hepatitis B Antibodies/blood; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/blood; Heroin; Humans; Incidence; Italy/epidemiology; Logistic Models; Male; Multivariate Analysis; Odds Ratio; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Substance Abuse, Intravenous/*epidemiology; Time Factors  
  Abstract A cross-sectional seroepidemiologic study was carried out between 1985 and 1990 in 1,567 heterosexual intravenous drug users who had been seen at the AIDS Regional Reference Center in Palermo, Italy, to evaluate the rate of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) seroprevalence in this group and its long-term trend. Sixty serum samples collected from drug users in 1980 and 1983, before the founding of the Center (1985), were tested as well. Some demographic and behavioral risk factors were studied in a subgroup of intravenous drug users enrolled in 1985, 1987, and 1990 for their possible association with HIV-1. These factors were also studied in relation to hepatitis B virus infection, since both viruses share the same modes of spread. These drug users had a higher prevalence of markers for hepatitis B virus than of HIV-1 antibodies, and the prevalence rates in sera collected declined over time for both infections. The presence of both antibodies to HIV-1 and markers for hepatitis B virus was independently associated with the age of the drug user, the duration of drug use, and the year of serum collection. Antibodies to HIV-1 were observed more frequently in females than in males. No relation was found between education or employment status and the presence of HIV-1 antibodies or hepatitis B virus markers. Although new HIV-1 infections still occur, the decline in seroprevalence observed at the end of the 1980s might be related to modifications in social behavior among newer drug users, partial exhaustion of the susceptible population, and increasing risk awareness in more experienced users.  
  Address Giuseppe D'Alessandro Department of Hygiene and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Palermo, Italy  
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  ISSN 0002-9262 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes PMID:1626537 Approved no  
  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5258  
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Author Brunner, D.; Kacelnik, A.; Gibbon, J. url  doi
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  Title Optimal foraging and timing processes in the starling, Sturnus vulgaris: effect of inter-capture interval Type Journal Article
  Year 1992 Publication (up) Animal Behaviour. Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.  
  Volume 44 Issue 4 Pages 597-613  
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  Abstract Laboratory experiments with starlings, Sturnus vulgaris, were conducted to investigate the interaction between timing and cost-benefit considerations. The design simulated an environment in which food was distributed in patches. Patches contained a random number of food items (N=0-4) separated by a fixed inter-capture interval or fixed interval. All patches ended with sudden depletion. The time elapsed since the last prey capture was the only way to detect the depletion of the patch. Once the patch was depleted a new patch could be reached by travelling between two perches. Three measures of timing were taken: (1) rate of working for food as function of `waiting' time in a patch, (2) the time of the last response in a patch or `giving-in' time, and (3) the time at which travel was initiated or `moving-on' time. The fixed interval that characterized patches was varied between conditions. The mean time of the peak in working rate was consistently centred around the fixed interval, while the other two measures of timing kept a roughly linear relation to the fixed interval, with slope greater than one. In accordance with Scalar Expectancy Theory, variability in the three forms of timing was proportional to the magnitude of the fixed interval. The birds seemed to take account of this increase in variability as shown by the mean value of their giving-up criterion. These results imply that information-processing constraints are important for modelling behavioural optimality.  
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Author Caraco, T.; Kacelnik, A.; Mesnick, N.; Smulewitz, M. url  doi
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  Title Short-term rate maximization when rewards and delays covary Type Journal Article
  Year 1992 Publication (up) Animal Behaviour. Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.  
  Volume 44 Issue Part 3 Pages 441-447  
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  Abstract In nature foragers must exploit resources that vary randomly in both the energy acquired per item (reward) and the time required to pursue, capture and process an item (delay). Furthermore, rewards and delays associated with particular resources may often covary significantly. An analytical model asks how variance-covariance levels for rewards and delays could influence choice of resources when lack of information or cognitive limitation implies that a consumer attempts to maximize its short-term rate of energy gain. Both greater expected reward and reduced expected delay clearly should enhance preference for a resource. The model predicts that increased delay variance and reduced reward-delay covariance should increase a forager's preference for a resource. A forager should be risk-averse towards reward variance when the reward-delay covariance is positive, but should become risk-prone towards reward variance when the reward-delay covariance is negative.  
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  Call Number Serial 2113  
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Author Kacelnik, A.; Todd, I.A. url  doi
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  Title Psychological mechanisms and the Marginal Value Theorem: effect of variability in travel time on patch exploitation Type Journal Article
  Year 1992 Publication (up) Animal Behaviour. Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.  
  Volume 43 Issue 2 Pages 313-322  
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  Abstract The Marginal Value Theorem (MVT) describes the behaviour that maximizes the ratio of expected gain over expected foraging time in a patchy environment. When travel time is variable, the MVT rationale and its predictions are sensitive only to the mean travel time and not to the spread or skew of the distribution. Two mechanistic arguments contradict these predictions. First, tests of the MVT have previously shown that there is a disproportionate influence of the last travel time, and second, psychological models of information processing suggest that memory for time intervals is strongly dependent on the scatter of the distribution experienced. These mechanistic concepts, combined with Jensen's inequality, suggest that patch exploitation should decrease as the scatter of the travel distribution increases. In a Skinner box experiment with pigeons, Columba livia, the problem was examined by simulating three environments with identical patches and the same mean travel time, but different travel time variability. Patch exploitation decreased with increasing variance in travel time. The results are used to argue in favour of the inclusion of realistic psychological properties as constraints in functional models of behaviour. Although both the MVT and the mechanistic models account for some features of the results, none of them can explain all the findings.  
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  Call Number Serial 2114  
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