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Future Directions for Personality Research: Contributing New Insights to the Understanding of Animal Behavior
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Simple Summary Personality—i.e., individual differences in behavior and emotion—is increasingly being recognized as important in animal research. Whilst numerous studies highlight behavioral variation across a diverse range of species, ...
Publication · January 09, 2026
Investigating changes within the handling system of the largest semi-captive population of Asian elephants
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The current extinction crisis leaves us increasingly reliant on captive populations to maintain vulnerable species. Approximately one third of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) are living in semi-captive conditions in range countries. T...
Publication · January 09, 2026
Males have more aggressive and less sociable personalities than females in semi-captive Asian elephants
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Personality, i.e. consistent between-individual differences in behaviour, has been documented in many species. Yet little is known about how males and females of long-lived, highly social species differ in their measures of personality ...
Publication · January 09, 2026
Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and H/L Ratio Are Related Markers of Stress in Semi-Captive Asian Timber Elephants
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Simple Summary Animals are kept in captivity for various reasons worldwide. Throughout its range countries, the Asian elephant is used for various purposes, with a significant proportion of the remaining population working as draft and ...
Publication · January 09, 2026
Evaluating the Reliability of Non-Specialist Observers in the Behavioural Assessment of Semi-Captive Asian Elephant Welfare
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Simple Summary It is essential that elephant workers monitor the stress levels of their animals to uphold high standards of welfare. This can be done quickly and efficiently by observing elephant behaviour, however, the consistency of t...
Publication · January 09, 2026
Influence of handler relationships and experience on health parameters, glucocorticoid responses and behaviour of semi-captive Asian elephants
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Abstract Declining wild populations combined with accumulating captive populations of e.g. livestock, pets, draught and zoo animals have resulted in some threatened species with substantial proportions of their populations in captivity....
Publication · January 09, 2026
“How not to judge a deer by its cover”: A personality assessment study on captive adult red deer males (Cervus elaphus)
Publication · January 09, 2026
Handler familiarity helps to improve working performance during novel situations in semi-captive Asian elephants
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Working animals spend hours each day in close contact with humans and require training to understand commands and fulfil specific tasks. However, factors driving cooperation between humans and animals are still unclear, and novel situat...
Publication · January 09, 2026
Sex-specific links between the social landscape and faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in semi-captive Asian elephants.
Publication · January 09, 2026
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