Simple Summary The key starting points for assessing horse welfare are a detailed
understanding of what is usual for horses under optimal conditions, and knowledge about …

Land cover types of Hustai National Park (HNP) in Mongolia, a hotspot area with rare
species, were classified and their temporal changes were evaluated using Landsat MSS …

This work provides an overview of the role of chemical communication in horse behavior
and addresses the potential usefulness of this knowledge for management practices and …

Castration is commonly used to control the behavior of companion animals and livestock, yet
there have been few longitudinal studies of its effects. Despite the ubiquity of this surgery in …

Living in complex social systems requires perceptual and cognitive capacities for the
recognition of group membership and individual competitors. Olfaction is one means by …

Scent marking is critical to intraspecific communication in many mammal species, but little is
known regarding its role in communication among different species. We used 4 years of …

Behavioural observations suggest that smell is important in social discriminations between
horses but balanced studies of this capacity are lacking. We used a habituation …

Small scale disturbances could act as patches that provide sites for the colonization of
competitively inferior species, promoting the establishment of non-native species in some …

Equid behavior is fascinating to observe because of its often subtle nature and complex
relationship to fitness and ecology. Living in groups has advantages in terms of protection …

Accurate population estimates provide the foundation for managing feral horses (Equus
caballus ferus) across the western United States. Certain feral horse populations are …