Terrestrial predator alarm vocalizations are a valid monitor of stress in captive brown capuchins (Cebus apella)

✍ Scribed by Sue Boinski; Timothy S. Gross; Jerry K. Davis

• Book ID: 101269051
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 102 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0733-3188
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2361(1999)18:4<295::aid-zoo4>3.0.co;2-5

✦ Synopsis

interpretation that in conditions of low environmental enrichment the study subjects were more stressed, and therefore more reactive to the presence of a threatening terrestrial stimulus (human observer), than when in more enriched conditions. We suggest that protocols to evaluate the effectiveness of enrichment for captive species other than brown capuchins could also profitably exploit TPAs as a first-line monitor or as corroboratory evidence of current well-being. Zoo