Exercise, Play, and Physical Training in Animals

Textbook of Work Physiology

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On aims and methods of Ethology

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Parent-Offspring Conflict

1974 • 4,102 citations

Theory of Feeding Strategies

1971 • 3,488 citations

Dynamic properties of mammalian skeletal muscles.

1972 • 1,886 citations

Learning and Instinct in Animals

1964 • 1,624 citations

Human cardiovascular adjustments to exercise and thermal stress.

1974 • 1,619 citations

The Behaviour of Free-living Chimpanzees in the Gombe Stream Reserve

1968 • 1,538 citations

Social communication among primates

1968 • 1,399 citations

The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species

1971 • 1,122 citations

Functions of Varied Experience

1963 • 1,106 citations

Physiological Analysis of Middle-Aged and Old Former Athletes

1968 • 966 citations

The Biochemistry and Physiology of Bone

1956 • 919 citations

Lemur Social Behavior and Primate Intelligence

1966 • 890 citations

Biopsychology of development

1971 • 744 citations

The behaviour of domestic animals

1969 • 653 citations

The physiology and biochemistry of muscle as a food.

1966 • 634 citations

Effects of immobilization upon various metabolic and physiologic functions of normal men

1948 • 614 citations

Social communication among primates

1967 • 580 citations

Behavior of Nonhuman Primates.

1966 • 570 citations

The Affectional Systems

1965 • 566 citations

Man and Beast: Comparative Social Behavior.

1973 • 540 citations

Effect of prolonged bed rest on bone mineral

1970 • 492 citations

Apical dendritic spines of the visual cortex and light deprivation in the mouse

1967 • 486 citations

The Behaviour and Social Organization of the New Forest Ponies

1972 • 483 citations

Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology

1973 • 476 citations

Ethology of mammals

1968 • 397 citations

Organization of Early Skilled Action

1973 • 373 citations

Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

1967 • 372 citations

Prey Selection and Hunting Behavior of the African Wild Dog

1967 • 351 citations

Organization of Early Skilled Action

1973 • 334 citations

An analysis of the parental behaviour of the male three-spined stickleback : (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.)

1953 • 331 citations

The Biochemistry and Physiology of Bone

1973 • 320 citations

Brain development and behavior

1971 • 316 citations

Social Play and Play-Soliciting by Infant Canids

1974 • 296 citations

The Natural History of the African Elephant

1972 • 291 citations

Thermoregulation in bumblebees

1975 • 278 citations

Ethology of Mammals

1968 • 274 citations

Essays on Temperature Regulation.

1972 • 266 citations

Tool-Using in Primates and Other Vertebrates

1971 • 254 citations

Animal Physiology. Principles and Adaptations

1973 • 253 citations

The biopsychology of development

1974 • 236 citations

The Alligator's Life History

1935 • 227 citations

The Play of Animals

1898 • 219 citations

Verhaltensstudien an Katzen

1957 • 214 citations

The behavior of domestic animals

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The Social Biology of the Olympic Marmot

1973 • 191 citations

The play of animals.

1898 • 190 citations

Eliciting Play: A Comparative Study

1974 • 183 citations

Biochemical Adaptations to Exercise; Aerobic Metabolism1

1973 • 174 citations

Animal Physiology: Principles and Adaptations

1972 • 165 citations

Specific and Diversive Exploration

1970 • 155 citations

The “teat order” and communication in young pigs

1963 • 150 citations

The Behaviour of Swine

1975 • 149 citations

Effect of physical training in adolescent boys.

1969 • 147 citations

Effects of age and exercise on the extent of the myocardial capillary bed

1970 • 146 citations

Direct contact with enriched environment is required to alter cerebral weights in rats.

1975 • 144 citations

Physical Training in Sedentary Middle-aged and Older Men III. Cardiac Output and Gas Exchange at Submaximal and Maximal Exercise

1969 • 144 citations

Social Play in the American Black Bear: Its Similarity to Canid Social Play and an Examination of its Identifying Characteristics

1974 • 143 citations

Behavior of vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops)

1967 • 141 citations

The Ontogeny of Social Behaviour of Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri Sciureus) in a Seminatural Environment

1969 • 136 citations

Roots of behavior

1963 • 136 citations

The behavior of the bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Mating, pregnancy, parturition and mother-infant behavior

1957 • 136 citations

Exploration and Social Play in Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri)

1974 • 133 citations

Ischemic Response to Sudden Strenuous Exercise in Healthy Men

1973 • 131 citations

Physical training, oxygen supply and muscle metabolism in 11-13-year old boys.

1972 • 129 citations

Current Concepts of Play in Animals

1945 • 129 citations

Play in Domestic Cattle in Britain: An Analysis of its Nature *

1954 • 128 citations

BEHAVIOUR OF SOCIALLY LIVING RHESUS MONKEYS IN THEIR FIRST SIX MONTHS

1964 • 121 citations

Biophysical Principles Affecting Bone Structure

1971 • 119 citations

Social ethology of the whiptail wallaby, Macropus parryi, in northeastern New South Wales

1974 • 119 citations

Social Play in the Domestic Cat

1974 • 117 citations

Energy metabolism of human muscle

1972 • 117 citations

Selective and Evolutionary Aspects of Animal Play

1974 • 113 citations

Prolonged Parental Care in Royal Terns and Other Birds

1968 • 107 citations

Beiträge zur Biologie der Haus- und der Ährenmaus nebst einigen Beobachtungen an anderen Nagern

2010 • 106 citations

Motor Patterns During Flight and Warm-Up in Lepidoptera

1968 • 106 citations

Tool-Making and Tool-Using in the Northern Blue Jay

1973 • 106 citations

The development of social organisation in the domestic chick

1958 • 93 citations

Social and solitary play in a colony of vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops)

1972 • 93 citations

Interaction of age and exercise on the heart and its blood supply.

1970 • 89 citations

Die Entwicklung der Lautäußerungen und einiger Verhaltensweisen der Amsel (Turdus merula merula L.) unter natürlichen Bedingungen und nach Einzelaulzucht in schalldichten Räumen

2010 • 88 citations

Animal Play: Problems and Perspectives

1976 • 88 citations

Regulation of the Circulation During Exercise

1956 • 86 citations

WORK: A WEAK REINFORCER*,†

1970 • 83 citations

Mineral and Nitrogen Metabolic Studies, Experiment M071

1977 • 82 citations

Aggressive Play and Communication in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

1974 • 74 citations

The Ontogeny of Social Behavior in the Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

1974 • 71 citations

Selection for Optimal Age-Dependent Schedules of Play Behavior

1977 • 68 citations

Social Interaction and Object Manipulation in Weaned Pups of the Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris

2010 • 62 citations

Competitive and aggressive behavior

1970 • 59 citations

31. Behavior of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Social Interactions in a Captive Colony

1966 • 57 citations

Prey Capture, Feeding Techniques, and their Ontogeny in the African Dwarf Mongoose, Helogale undulata rufula

1973 • 56 citations

Play Deprivation in Deer

1968 • 56 citations

A Preliminary Study of the Effects of Play Deprivation on Young Goats

1971 • 55 citations

Zur Biologie und Ethologie des Warzenschweines (Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas), unter Berücksichtigung des Verhaltens anderer Suiden*

2010 • 55 citations

Ontogeny of Playful Contact in a Social Mongoose, the Meerkat,Suricata suricatta

1974 • 53 citations

Development of Social Behavior1 1This review was written while my work was supported by the Royal Society and the Medical Research Council.

1971 • 50 citations

Die Spiele der Thiere

1896 • 49 citations

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY Behavior and Development

1964 • 47 citations

Aspects of Aggressive Behaviour in Polecats

1967 • 46 citations

ON THE CELLULAR REGULATION OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN SKELETAL MUSCLE

1974 • 44 citations

Behavior control and modification of physiological activity

1976 • 44 citations

Adrenal adaptation to chronic exercise.

1974 • 43 citations

Ontogenese des Verhaltens von Totenkopf-Affen (Saimiri sciureus)

1967 • 40 citations

[Field studies on the sociology of the hyena-hunting dog (Lycaon pictus lupinus Thomas 1902)].

1965 • 37 citations

Primate Tool Behavior

1975 • 37 citations

THE FRIGATE BIRD FREGATA AQUILA OF ASCENSION ISLAND

1963 • 34 citations

The Effect of Physical Activity upon the Heart of Vertebrates

2015 • 31 citations

Effect of Exercise on the Turnover of Cytochrome c in Skeletal Muscle

1973 • 28 citations

Neurochemical correlates of learning and environmental change

1969 • 25 citations

Eine deskriptive Verhaltensanalyse des Segelflossers (Pterophyllum scalare Cuv. & Val., Cichlidae, Pisces)1,2

2010 • 23 citations

B. Play - Ritualization in ontogeny: I. Animal play

1966 • 22 citations

Play Between Adult Male and Infant Rhesus Monkeys

1974 • 21 citations

Further Notes on the Birds of Gazaland

1908 • 19 citations

Effect of dynamic training on the isometric endurance of the elbow flexors

1967 • 19 citations

COOPERATIVE HUNTING BY CHEETAHS AND JACKALS AND A THEORY OF DOMESTICATION OF THE DOG

1969 • 15 citations

[On several kinetic plays of the common raven (Corvus corax L.)].

1966 • 15 citations

Über einige Bewegungsspiele des Kolkraben (Corvus corax L.)

2010 • 15 citations

Versuch einer Analyse der Kolibribalz

2010 • 15 citations

Zum Verhalten des Braunbären (Ursus arctos L. 1758) in den Alpen

1963 • 14 citations

Die Jugendentwicklung der Vampirfledermäuse (Desmodus rotundus)

1972 • 14 citations

Etude comparative de l'Ontogenèse des Comportements chez les Rapaces Accipitridés et Falconidés

1973 • 14 citations

The Ontogeny of Play within a Society: Preliminary Analysis

1974 • 12 citations

Observations on Fish Turning Flips over a Line

1953 • 10 citations

THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE HEDGEHOG (ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS L.) IN THE ROUTINE OF LIFE IN CAPTIVITY

1963 • 8 citations

PLAY IN HAIRY, DOWNY, AND OTHER WOODPECKERS

2016 • 8 citations

The effects of passive or active warm-up upon certain physiological measures

1972 • 8 citations

The effects of variations in the intensity and frequency of isometric muscular effort on the development of static muscular strength in pre-pubescent males

1959 • 7 citations

Musculoskeletal activity and rate of entropy in mammals.

1972 • 7 citations

Einige Gefangenschaftsbeobachtungen an Breitstirn-Wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons Owen 1845)

2010 • 6 citations

[Observations on broad-front wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons Owen 1845) in captivity].

1966 • 6 citations

Chimney Swifts at Play?

1943 • 3 citations

Further Notes on the Birds of Gazaland

1908 • 3 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations