Browsing by Author "Cameron, Kristie Elizabeth"
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Assessing stability in body weight in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecular)
(Sage, 2014)When conducting controlled laboratory studies with non-traditional laboratory animals it is important that methods for determining body weight stability are reliable. This helps ensure the health and welfare of animals ... -
Assessment of demand for food under concurrent PR and FR schedules in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus Vulpecula)
(International Society for Comparative Psychology, 2015)The aim of this study was to compare the demand by possums for foods under different arrangements of concurrent progressive-ratio and fixed-ratio schedules of reinforcement. In Experiment 1, every possible food pair made ... -
Effect of Stimulus and Response Separation on Brushtail Possum Behaviour in a MTS task
(The University of Waikato, 2009)Brushtail possums, Trichosurus vulpecula, were presented with five rows of blue and yellow stimuli (levels one-five) arranged vertically 20 mm apart, above the response levers. For each level each possum was trained to ... -
Food preferences and demand in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
(University of Waikato, 2014)The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) has been reported to eat vegetation, fruit, invertebrates, and occasionally fungi, eggs and meat in the wild. The relative preference between food types found in the wild, ... -
Food Preferences of the Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
(International Society for Comparative Psychology, 2013)The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) has been reported to eat vegetation, fruit, invertebrates, and occasionally fungi, eggs and meat. The relative preference between food types found in the wild, however, ...
