TY - JOUR
T1 - Individual differences in temperament and behavioral management practices for nonhuman primates
AU - Coleman, Kristine
N1 - Funding Information:
I thank Adriane Maier for useful comments on the manuscript, as well as Jennifer McMillan, Leigh Ann Tully, and Jillann Rawlins-O’Connor for their assistance on the studies conducted at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. I am also grateful to two anonymous reviewers for their excellent suggestions. This work was supported by NIH RR000163 .
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Effective behavioral management plans are tailored to the unique behavioral patterns of each individual species. However, even within a species behavioral needs of individuals can vary. Factors such as age, sex, and temperament can affect behavioral needs of individuals. While some of these factors, such as age and sex, are taken into account, other factors, such as an individual's temperament, are rarely specifically provided for in behavioral management plans. However, temperament may affect how animals respond to socialization, positive reinforcement training and other forms of enrichment. This review will examine how individual differences in temperament might affect, or be affected by, behavioral management practices for captive primates. Measuring temperament may help us predict the outcome of social introductions. It can also predict which animals may be difficult to train using traditional methods. Further, knowledge of temperament may help us identify individuals at risk for development of behavioral problems. Taken together, understanding individual differences in temperament of captive primates can help guide behavioral management decisions.
AB - Effective behavioral management plans are tailored to the unique behavioral patterns of each individual species. However, even within a species behavioral needs of individuals can vary. Factors such as age, sex, and temperament can affect behavioral needs of individuals. While some of these factors, such as age and sex, are taken into account, other factors, such as an individual's temperament, are rarely specifically provided for in behavioral management plans. However, temperament may affect how animals respond to socialization, positive reinforcement training and other forms of enrichment. This review will examine how individual differences in temperament might affect, or be affected by, behavioral management practices for captive primates. Measuring temperament may help us predict the outcome of social introductions. It can also predict which animals may be difficult to train using traditional methods. Further, knowledge of temperament may help us identify individuals at risk for development of behavioral problems. Taken together, understanding individual differences in temperament of captive primates can help guide behavioral management decisions.
KW - Enrichment
KW - Nonhuman primate
KW - Personality
KW - Positive reinforcement training
KW - Welfare
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U2 - 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.08.002
DO - 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.08.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84859443777
SN - 0168-1591
VL - 138
SP - 106
EP - 113
JO - Applied Animal Behaviour Science
JF - Applied Animal Behaviour Science
IS - 1-2
ER -