Banca de DEFESA: LAYANE YAMILA VIOL

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STUDENT : LAYANE YAMILA VIOL
DATE: 30/04/2024
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Universidade Federal de São João del - Rei/UFSJ
TITLE:

Scientometric analysis of studies on the use of environmental enrichment forthe order Psittaciformes and development of a standardised ethogram for the species of thisorder

KEY WORDS:

Cacatuidae, environmental enrichment, ethogram, Psittacidae, scientometrics, Strigopidae.

PAGES: 60
BIG AREA: Ciências Biológicas
AREA: Ecologia
SUMMARY:

Environmental enrichment (EE) is an important tool for making the environment under humancare more interactive for animals; this technique aims to reduce the frequency of unwanted, abnormal and stereotyped behaviours. Behavioural studies evaluating the effects of EE, forexample, are carried out using an ethogram, which is a list of behaviours of the species/animal group. The standardisation of ethograms offers behavioural researchers many practical advantages. They make it possible to accurately describe behavioural repertoires andtheiroccurrence in different contexts, as well as making studies comparable. The orderPsittaciformes (parrots, macaws, parakeets, cockatoos, kakapos and alike) is quite commoninenvironments under human care, as well as being animals often marketed as pets. For theOrder, the panorama of studies on EE is unknown and there is no standardised ethogramintheliterature. Therefore, one of the aims of this study was to make scientometric analyses of thepanorama of studies on the subject of "environmental enrichment" for the order Psittaciformes. Given that many studies use ethograms to evaluate a set of behavioural descriptions, thesecond objective of this study was to develop a standardised ethogram for Psittaciformes toserve as a tool for future researchers. A search was carried out on The Web of ScienceandScopus databases and a total of 45 articles were included in the EE review. The results showthat the number of species studied has not varied significantly over time. The largest numberof studies took place in zoos, with the most studied species being Amazona amazonica, Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, Nymphicus hollandicus and Psittacus eryhtacus. Onegaphighlighted in the results is the low number of cognitive and sensory EE items offered, but theresults show that the majority of researchers reported that the use of EE was positive for thebirds' welfare. For the standardised ethogram, bibliographic searches were carried out ontheScopus and Web of Science platforms. A total of 29 studies were assessed to identifytheterminology used for the behaviours and their description. The general ethogramforPsittaciformes was finalised with 78 behaviours, divided into nine behavioural categories. The category with the highest number of behaviours was activity. The general ethogramwasdesigned to be a facilitator for behavioural researchers, with clearer definitions of all thebehaviours and to help unify behavioural research with Psittaciformes.

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