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Citations
5586
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3959
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1876

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Terry L. Maple is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science, veterinary medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's extensive focus is reflected in the primary fields of study, which include environmental science with seven publications, veterinary studies with three, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology also with three publications.

The subfields in which Maple has contributed include small animals, genetics, and ecology, each with three publications. Additional research touches on global and planetary change and ecological modeling.

The main topics covered in Maple's work encompass studies in animal behavior and welfare, human-animal interactions, and wildlife ecology and conservation, each with six publications. Other areas include amphibian and reptile biology, species distribution and climate change, animal disease management and epidemiology, and urban green space and health.

Frequent coauthors associated with Terry L. Maple's research include Bonnie M. Perdue, Rebecca J. Snyder, Megan C. Morris, Ashley B. C. Goode, and Stesha A. Pasachnik, who have collaborated on multiple papers.

Publication venues where Maple's work has appeared comprise:

  • Wildlife Research
  • The Psychologist-Manager Journal
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Maple include:

  • "Assessing the status of a threatened island endemic, Ctenosaura oedirhina, on Roatán, Honduras," 2020, Wildlife Research
  • "The practice of management: The ascent of women as scholars and leaders in the field of zoo biology," 2021, The Psychologist-Manager Journal
  • "Editorial: The Science and Practice of Captive Animal Welfare," 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Spatial Design of Guest Feeding Programs and Their Effects on Giraffe Participation and Social Interactions," 2020, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Among awards, Terry L. Maple was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1987.

Best Publications

  • A survey assessment of variables related to stereotypy in captive giraffe and okapi.

    Meredith J Bashaw;Loraine R Tarou;Todd S Maki;Terry L Maple

  • Personality Assessment in the Gorilla and Its Utility As a Management Tool

    Kenneth C. Gold;Terry L. Maple

  • Enhancing the Zoo Visitor’s Experience by Public Animal Training and Oral Interpretation at an Otter Exhibit

    Ursula S. Anderson;Angela S. Kelling;Robin Pressley-Keough;Mollie A. Bloomsmith

  • To hunt or not to hunt? A feeding enrichment experiment with captive large felids

    Meredith J. Bashaw;Mollie A. Bloomsmith;M.J. Marr;Terry L. Maple

  • Successful feeding enrichment for captive chimpanzees

    M. A. Bloomsmith;P. L. Alford;T. L. Maple

  • Behavioral effects of a change in the physical environment: A pilot study of captive chimpanzees

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  • People's Perceptions of Animals: The Influence of Zoo Environment

    Ted Finlay;Lawrence R. James;Terry L. Maple

  • Technology at the zoo: the influence of a touchscreen computer on orangutans and zoo visitors.

    Bonnie M. Perdue;Andrea W. Clay;Diann E. Gaalema;Terry L. Maple

  • Relative numerousness judgment and summation in young and old western lowland gorillas

    Ursula S. Anderson;Tara S. Stoinski;Mollie A. Bloomsmith;Marcus J. Marr

  • Sex differences in spatial ability: a test of the range size hypothesis in the order Carnivora

    Bonnie M. Perdue;Rebecca J. Snyder;Zhang Zhihe;M. Jackson Marr

  • Gorilla Behavior Index revisited: Age, housing and behavior

    Christopher W. Kuhar;Christopher W. Kuhar;Tara S. Stoinski;Kristen E. Lukas;Terry L. Maple

  • A BEHAVIORAL COMPARISON OF CAPTIVE-BORN, REINTRODUCED GOLDEN LION TAMARINS AND THEIR WILD-BORN OFFSPRING

    T. S. Stoinski;B. B. Beck;M. A. Bloomsmith;T. L. Maple

  • Factors influencing the formation and maintenance of all-male gorilla groups in captivity

    T.S. Stoinski;K.E. Lukas;C.W. Kuhar;T.L. Maple

  • Orang-utan behavior.

    Terry Maple

  • Objective evaluation of a behavioral enrichment device for captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

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  • Gorilla adaptations to naturalistic environments

    Jacqueline J. Ogden;Ted W. Finlay;Terry L. Maple

  • Environmental effects on the behavior of zoo-housed lions and tigers, with a case study of the effects of a visual barrier on pacing.

    Meredith J Bashaw;Angela S Kelling;Mollie A Bloomsmith;Terry L Maple

  • A preliminary study of the behavioral effects of feeding enrichment on African elephants.

    T.S. Stoinski;E. Daniel;T.L. Maple

  • The structure of social relationships among captive female giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis).

    Meredith J. Bashaw;Mollie A. Bloomsmith;Terry L. Maple;Fred B. Bercovitch

  • Habitat Use and Structural Preferences of Captive Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla(: Effects of Environmental and Social Variables

    T. S. Stoinski;M. P. Hoff;T. L. Maple

  • Urinary androgen and corticoid levels in captive, male Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla): Age- and social group-related differences

    Tara S Stoinski;N Czekala;K E Lukas;T L Maple

  • Toward a science of welfare for animals in the zoo.

    Terry L. Maple

  • Comparison of confined mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) behavior in traditional and “ecologically representative” exhibits

    Tina R. Chang;Debra L. Forthman;Terry L. Maple

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristen E. Lukas
Kristen E. Lukas Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Alexander Weiss
Alexander Weiss University of Edinburgh
Kim A. Bard
Kim A. Bard University of Portsmouth
Lawrence R. James
Lawrence R. James Georgia Institute of Technology
E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary
Aurelio José Figueredo
Aurelio José Figueredo University of Arizona
David E. Wildt
David E. Wildt Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
William P. Dunlap
William P. Dunlap Tulane University

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