Making a case for the free exploratory paradigm: animal welfare-friendly assays that enhance heterozygosity and ecological validity

• Michael H. Parsons,
• Rafal Stryjek,
• Markus Fendt,
• Yasushi Kiyokawa,
• Piotr Bebas,
• Daniel T. Blumstein

Affiliations

Michael H. Parsons

Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, United States

Rafal Stryjek

Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Markus Fendt

Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Yasushi Kiyokawa

Laboratory of Veterinary Ethology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Piotr Bebas

Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Functional Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Daniel T. Blumstein

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States