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Resources – Animal Behavior Articles

There are thousands of articles pertaining to animal behavior. The resource list below includes representative listings in several categories. We suggest that the reader look at the reference lists at the end of the articles below for further reading. Additions will be made to this list on a regular basis.

Articles listed in bold are hosted on this web site, and you may read them by clicking on the author's name or title.

General

Bailey, R. E. (2003). Marian Breland Bailey: A Gentle Woman For All Seasons. The Division 25 Recorder, 36, 1.

Breland, K. and Breland, M. (1961). The misbehavior of organisms. American Psychologist, 16, 681-684.

Peterson, G. (2000). The Discovery of Shaping or B.F. Skinner’s Big Surprise. The Clicker Journal: The Magazine for Animal Trainers, 43, 6-13.

Peterson, G. (2004). A Day of Great Illumination: B.F. Skinner’s Discovery of Shaping. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 82, 317–328.

Enrichment

Pryor, K. (1981). The Rhino Likes Violets. Psychology Today, April.

Tresz, H. (1997). Providing Enrichment at No Cost. The Shape of Enrichment, Vol.6, 4.

Tresz, H. (2001). Providing Enrichment at No Cost, Part II. The Shape of Enrichment, Vol. 10, 4.

Tresz, H. (2002). Behavioral Enrichment 101. Animal Keepers’ Forum, Vol. 29, 2, 54-56.

Species: Horses

Ferguson, D. L. & Rosales-Ruiz, J. (2001). Loading the problem loader: The effects of target training and shaping on trailer-loading behavior of horses. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34, 409-424.

Species: Other

Fish http://www.fish-school.com/ *

Guinea Pigs http://www.petplace.com/small-mammals/training-your-guinea-pig/page1.aspx * Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, Inc.

Hamsters Bucsis, G. and Somerville, B. (2005). Training Your Pet Hamster. Barrons Educational Series.

Iguanas http://www.greenigsociety.org/taming.htm *

Rabbits http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/training.html *

Settings: Oceanaria

Animal Training at SeaWorld. http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/training/index.htm *

Busch Gardens/SeaWorld Animal Information Database. http://www.seaworld.org/ *

Settings: Zoos

Bloomsmith, M., Alford, P., & Maple, T. (1988). Successful feeding enrichment for captive chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology, 16, 155-164.

Fernandez, E., Dory, N., & Rosales-Ruiz, J. (2004). A Two-Choice Preference Assessment with Five Cotton-Top Tamarins. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 7, 3, 163-169.

Forthman, D., and Ogden, J. (1992). The Role of Applied Behavior Analysis in Zoo Management: Today and Tomorrow. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25, 647-652.

Kleiman, D. G. (1992). Behavior research in zoos: Past, present, and future. Zoo Biology, 11, 301- 312.

Lukas, K., Maple,T., & Marr, J. (1998). Teaching Operant Conditioning at the Zoo. Teaching of Psychology, Vol. 25, 1998

Tresz, H. (2005). Training Two Coyotes (Canis latrans) Through Extensive Desensitization Techniques. ABMA Wellspring, 1, 6.

Tresz, H. and Wright, H. (2006). Let Them Be Elephants! How Phoenix Zoo Integrated Three Problem Animals. International Zoo News, Vol. 53, No. 3, 154-160.