Updated Sept. 2010

In primary journals:

• R. Meagher A. Bechard, I. J. H. Duncan & G. Mason (under revision for Applied Animal Behaviour Science). Who’s afraid of the big bad glove? Validation and correlates of a fear test for mink.
• K. Akre, M. Bakken, A. L. Hovland, R. Palme, G. Mason (under revision for Applied Animal Behaviour Science). The effects of resource distribution and being housed with siblings on welfare and behaviour in pair-housed C57/BL/6J female mice.
• J.A. Dallaire, R. Meagher, M. Diez, J. Garner & G. J. Mason (accepted, Behavioural Brain Research). Stereotypic behaviour in adult mink correlates with recurrent perseveration but not impulsive responding to food cues.
• A. Bechard, R. Meagher & G. Mason (in press, Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Science). Environmental enrichment reduces barbering in C57/BL6 mice.
• L. M. Dixon, I. J. H. Duncan, G. J. Mason (in press, Animal Welfare). The effects of four types of enrichment on feather pecking behaviour in laying hens housed in barren environments.
• G. J. Mason (in press). Species differences in responses to captivity: Stress, welfare and the comparative method. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
• A. M. Greter, K. E. Leslie, G. J. Mason, B. W. McBride & T. J. De Vries (2010). Feed delivery method affects the learning of feeding and competitive behaviour in dairy heifers. Journal of Dairy Science 93: 3730-3737.
• S. C. Tilly, J. Dallaire & G. J. Mason (2010). Too old to care? Environmental enrichment has reduced reward value for middle-aged mice with enrichment-resistant stereotypic behaviour. Animal Behaviour 80: 363-373.
• A. Bechard & G. Mason (2010). Leaving home: a study of laboratory mouse independence. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 125: 181-188.
• N. Latham & G. Mason (2010). Frustration and perseveration in stereotypic captive animals: Is a taste of enrichment worse than none at all? Behavioural Brain Research 211: 96-104.
• A. M. Greter, K. E. Leslie, G. J. Mason, B. W. McBride & T. J. De Vries (2010). Effect of feeding method on the behavior and growth of dairy heifers. Journal of Dairy Science 93: 1668-1676.
• G. J. Mason & J. Veasey (2010). What do population-level welfare indices suggest about the well-being of zoo elephants? Zoo Biology 29: 256-273
• G. J. Mason & J. Veasey (2010). How should the psychological welfare of zoo elephants be objectively investigated? Zoo Biology 29: 237-255
• M. Jones, M. Leirop, G. Mason & N. Pillay (2010). Increased reproductive output in stereotypic captive Rhabdomys females: Potential implications for captive breeding. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 123: 63-69.
• M. Jones, G. Mason & N. Pillay (2010). Early social experience influences the development of stereotypic behaviour in captive-born striped mice Rhabdomys. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 123: 70-75.
• R. Clubb, M. Rowcliffe, K. U. Mar, P. Lee, C. Moss & G. J. Mason (2009). Fecundity and population viability in female zoo elephants: problems and possible solutions. Animal Welfare 18: 237-247.
• G. Mason, N. Ware & J. Dallaire (2009). Murid stress odours: A review and a ‘low tech’ method for collection and assay. Animal Welfare 18: 301-310.
• S. Core, T. Widowski, G. Mason & S. Miller (2009). Eye white percentage as a predictor of temperament in beef cattle. Journal of Animal Science 87: 2168-2174.
• Mason, G. J. (2009). The effects of early experience and stress on survivorship. Canadian Journal of Animal Science 89: 182-183 (abstract).
• S. Core, S. Miller, T. Widowski, G. Mason, T. Caldwell & M. Quinton (2009). Eye white percentage as a predictor of temperament in beef cattle. Canadian Journal of Animal Science 89: 177 (abstract).
• National Academies ILAR Pain Working Group [with nine co-authors] (2009). Recognition and Alleviation of Pain in Laboratory Animals. The National Academies Press, Washington DC.
• R. Clubb, M. Rowcliffe, K. U. Mar, P. Lee, C Moss & G. J. Mason (2008). Compromised survivorship in zoo elephants. Science 322: 1949. Link to Article + Supporting Material
• C. C. Burn & G. Mason (2008). Laboratory rats appear indifferent between their own soiled cages and clean cages. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 115: 201 – 210.
• G. J. Mason (2008). Why should environmental enrichment be used to improve welfare on mink farms? Scientifur 32: 165-172.
• L. Dixon, I.J.H. Duncan & G. J. Mason (2008). What’s in a peck? Using Fixed Action Patterns to identify the motivation behind feather-pecking. Animal Behaviour 76: 1035-1042.
• C.C. Burn & G. Mason (2008). The effects of cage-cleaning rate on reproductive performance in laboratory rats. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 114: 235 – 247.
• C.C. Burn, R. M. J. Deacon & G. J. Mason (2008). Marked for life? Effects of early cage-cleaning frequency, delivery batch, and identification tail-marking on rat anxiety profiles. Developmental Psychobiology 50: 266 – 277.
• A. L. Hovland, G. J. Mason, R. D. Kirkden & Bakken M. (2008). The nature and strength of social motivations in young farmed silver fox vixens (Vulpes vulpes). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 111: 357 – 372.
• N. Latham & G. J. Mason (2008). Maternal separation and the development of stereotypies: a review Applied Animal Behaviour Science 110: 84 – 108.
• Latham, N.R., Mason, G.J. and Dawkins, M.S. (2008). Can we improve the welfare of laboratory mice by cleaning their cages less frequently? Laboratory Animals 37: 216-217.
• S. C. Seaman, N. K. Waran, G. Mason & R. B. D’Eath  (2008) Animal Behaviour 75: 31-42. Animal economics: assessing the motivation of female laboratory rabbits to access a platform, social contact and food in a closed economy.
• S. Held, G. Mason & M. Mendl (2007).  Using the Piglet Scream Test to enhance piglet survival on farms: data from outdoor sows. Animal Welfare 16: 267 – 271.
• G. Mason, R. Clubb, N. Latham & S. Vickery (2007) How and why should we use enrichments to tackle stereotypic behaviour? Applied Animal Behaviour Science 102: 163 – 188.
• R. Clubb & G. Mason (2007).  Natural behavioural biology as a risk factor in carnivore welfare: How understanding species differences could help zoos redesign enclosures. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 102: 303 – 328.
• C.C. Burn, Peters, A., Day, M. J., & G. Mason (2006). The long-term effects of bedding type and cage-cleaning frequency on health and stress in the laboratory rat. Laboratory Animals 40: 353 - 370
• S. Held, G. Mason & M. Mendl (2006).  Maternal responsiveness from first to fourth parities. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 98: 216 – 233.
• C. Burn & G. Mason (2006). Acute effects of cage-cleaning on the laboratory rat. Animal Welfare 15: 161-171.
• A.L. Hovland, G. Mason, K.E. Bøe, G. Steinham, & M., Bakken (2006). Evaluation of ‘maximum price paid’ as an index of motivational strength for farmed silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 100 258 – 279.
• D. Wells and the members of the MRC GM Mouse Welfare Working Group (2006). Assessing the welfare of genetically-modified mice.  Laboratory Animals 40, 111 – 114.
• S. Vickery & G. J. Mason (2005). Behavioural persistence in captive bears: a reply to Criswell and Galbreath. Ursus 16: 274 – 279.
• P. E. Honess, J. L. Gimpel, S. E. Wolfensohn & G. J. Mason (2005). Alopecia scoring: The quantitative assessment of hair-loss in captive macaques. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals  33: 193 - 206
• S. S. Vickery & G. J. Mason (2005). Stereotypic behaviour in bears and its relationship with general behavioural persistence: further data.  Applied Animal Behaviour Science 91: 247 – 260.
• P. Hawkins, G. Grant, R. Raymond, G. Hughes, D. Morton, G. Mason, L. Playle, R. Hubrecht & M. Jennings (2004). Reducing suffering through refinement of procedures: Report of the 2003 RSPCA/UFAW rodent welfare group meeting. Animal Technology  and Welfare: August 2004, pp. 79 – 85.
• C. Burn & G. J. Mason (2004).  Reported absorbencies of commercial rodent bedding are potentially misleading.  Laboratory Animals  39: 68 - 74
• S. S. Vickery & G. J. Mason (2004). Stereotypic behaviour in Asiatic black and Malayan sun bears. Zoo Biology 23: 409 - 430
• G. Mason, C. Hampton, D. Wilson & H. Würbel (2004). Chromodacryorrhoea scores as a non-invasive means of assessing stress and disturbance in laboratory rats. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals 32 (suppl. 1): 153 – 159.
• S. Macri, G. Mason & H. Wuerbel (2004).  Dissociations between maternal care and offspring phenotypes in maternally-separated rats.  European Journal of Neuroscience 20: 1017 – 1024.
• M. D. Thom, G. J. Mason, P. Stewart & D. W. Macdonald (2004).  Polyandry in American mink: Female behaviour in the absence of male-male competition. Animal Behaviour 67: 975-984. 
• N. Latham & G. Mason (2004). From house mouse to mouse house: the behavioural biology of free-living Mus musculus and its implications in the laboratory. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 86: 261-289. 
• R. Clubb & G. Mason (2004). Pacing polar bears and stoical sheep: testing ecological and evolutionary hypotheses about animal welfare. Animal Welfare 13: S33 – S40.
• G. J. Mason & N. Latham (2004). Can’t stop, won’t stop: Is stereotypy a reliable animal welfare indicator? Animal Welfare 13: S57 – S 69.
• R. Clubb & G. Mason (2003). Captivity effects on wide-ranging carnivores. Nature 425: 473 – 474.
• J. P. Garner, G. J. Mason & R. Smith (2003). Stereotypic route-tracing in experimentally-caged songbirds correlates with general behavioural disinhibition.  Animal Behaviour 66: 711 – 727.
• S. S. Vickery & G. J. Mason (2003).  Behavioural persistence in captive bears and its implication for reintroduction success. Ursus 14: 35 – 43.
• H. Warburton & G. Mason (2003). Is out of sight, out of mind? The effects of resource cues on motivation in the mink (Mustela vison).  Animal Behaviour 65: 755 – 762.
• G. J. Mason & K. E. Littin (2003). The humaneness of rodent pest control. Animal Welfare 12: 1 – 37.
• J. Garner & G. Mason (2002).  Abnormal behavioural persistence underlies the stereotypies of laboratory-housed rodents. Behavioural Brain Research 136: 83 – 92.
• G. Mason & H. Würbel (2002). Non-invasively assessing stress in the rat. Stress 5 (suppl.): 67 (abstract).
• J. Cooper & G. Mason (2001). The use of operant technology to measure behavioral priorities in captive animals.  Behavioural Research Methods, Instruments & Computers 33: 427 - 434.
• G. Mason, J. Cooper & C. Clarebrough (2001) The welfare of fur-farmed mink. Nature 410: 35 – 36.
• J. Cooper & G. Mason (2000). Costs of switching cause behavioural rescheduling in mink: Implications for the assessment of behavioural priorities. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 66: 135 – 151.
• D. Bean, G. Mason & M. Bateson (1999). Contra-freeloading in starlings - a test of the information hypothesis. Behaviour 136: 1267 – 1282.
• M. Raj & G. Mason (1999). Determination of reaction to argon-induced anoxia in farmed mink (Mustela vison). Veterinary Record 145: 736 – 737.
• G. Mason (1998).  The physiology of the hunted deer. (News & Views). Nature 391: 22.
• J. Cooper & G. Mason (1998). Abnormal behaviour and behavioural problems in stabled horses and their relationship to horse welfare: a comparative review.  Equine Veterinary Journal, suppl. 27: 5 - 9.
• J. Cooper, G. Mason & M. Raj (1998).  Determination of aversion to carbon dioxide in farmed mink (Mustela vison).  Veterinary Record 143: 359 – 361.
• G. Mason, D. McFarland & J. Garner (1998).  A demanding task: assessing the needs of captive animals. Animal Behaviour 55: 1071 - 1075.
• G. Mason, J. Garner D. McFarland (1998). Assessing animal priorities: future directions. Animal Behaviour 55: 1082 – 1083.
• G. Mason & M. Mendl (1997).  Do the stereotypies of pigs, mink and chickens reflect adaptive species differences in the control of foraging?  Applied Animal Behaviour Science 53: 45 - 58.
• G. J. Mason (1995). Tail-biting in mink (Mustela vison) is influenced by age at removal from the mother. Animal Welfare 3: 305 - 311.
• G. J. Mason (1994).  Age and context affect the stereotypies of caged mink.  Behaviour 127: 191 – 229.
• G. J. Mason (1994).  The effects of sex, weight, birthdate and maternal age on the growth patterns of weanling mink.  Journal of Zoology  233: 203 - 214.
• G  J. Mason (1994).  Animal boredom.  Animal Welfare 3: 57 - 60.
• G. J. Mason & M. Mendl (1993).  Why is there no simple way of measuring animal welfare?  Animal Welfare 2: 301 - 320.
• G. J. Mason (1991). Stereotypies in caged mink.  Applied Animal Behaviour Science  30, 179 – 180.
• G. J. Mason (1991).  Individual variation in the stereotypies of caged mink.  Applied Animal Behaviour Science  28, 300 – 301.
• G. J. Mason (1991).  Stereotypies and suffering. Behavioural Processes 25: 103 - 115.
• G. J. Mason (1991).  Stereotypies: a critical review. Animal Behaviour 41: 1015 - 1037.

Book chapters etc.:

• G. J. Mason & C. Burn (in press). Behavioural deprivation. In: Animal Welfare, eds. M. Appleby, A. Olsson & J. Mench. CAB International, Wallingford.
• G. Mason (2010). Highlights and follow-ups from the IX International Scientific Congress on Fur Animal Production, Halifax 2008: #2: The Behaviour and Welfare of Fur Animal with a Focus on Mink. 5-page insert, February 2010 Canada Mink Breeders Association newsletter.
• G. Mason & M. Bateson (2009). Motivation and the control of behaviour. Ch. 5 in The Ethology of Domesticated Animals, ed. P. Jensen (2nd edition), CABI, Wallingford, UK, pp. 38-56.
• G. Mason & Jake Veasey (2008). How should the psychological welfare of zoo elephants be investigated? Chapter 11 in: An Elephant in the Room: the Science and Well Being of Elephants in Captivity, eds. D. L. Forthman, L. F. Kane & P. F. Waldau. Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine’s Center for Animals and Public Policy, North Grafton, MA, pp. 154-174.
• G. Mason & J. Rushen (eds.), (2006). Stereotypies in Captive Animals: Fundamentals and Implications for Welfare (second edition). CAB International, Wallingford; see http://www.aps.uoguelph.ca/~gmason/StereotypicAnimalBehaviour/
• J. Rushen & G. Mason (2006) A decade or more’s progress in the understanding of stereotypic behaviour  Chapter 1 in: Stereotypies in Captive Animals (second edition), eds. G. Mason & J. Rushen, CAB International, Wallingford.
• R. Bergeron, A. Badnell-Waters, Sarah Lambton & G. Mason (2006). Oral stereotypies in captive ungulates: Foraging, diet and gastro-intestinal function.  Chapter 2 in: Stereotypies in Captive Animals (second edition), eds. G. Mason & J. Rushen, CAB International, Wallingford.
• G. Mason (2006) Stereotypic behaviour: fundamentals and applications to animal welfare and beyond.  Chapter 11 in: Stereotypies in Captive Animals (second edition), eds. G. Mason & J. Rushen, CAB International, Wallingford.
• G. Mason (2006).  Maternal deprivation and stereotypy in animals other than primates. Box 3 in Chapter 6, Stereotypies in Captive Animals (second edition), eds. G. Mason & J. Rushen, CAB International, Wallingford.
• G. Mason (2006).  Deprivation stereotypies in human children: The case of the Romanian orphans. Box 2 in Chapter 6, Stereotypies in Captive Animals (second edition), eds. G. Mason & J. Rushen, CAB International, Wallingford.
• G. Mason (2006).  Are wild-born animals ‘protected’ from stereotypies?  Box 2 in Chapter 7, Stereotypies in Captive Animals (second edition), eds. G. Mason & J. Rushen, CAB International, Wallingford.
• G. Mason (2006). Strain differences in the stereotypies of laboratory mice.  Box 2 in Chapter 8, Stereotypies in Captive Animals (second edition), eds. G. Mason & J. Rushen, CAB International, Wallingford.
• G. Mason (2006).  Oral stereotypic behaviours in other taxa. Box 2 in Chapter 2, Stereotypies in Captive Animals (second edition), eds. G. Mason & J. Rushen, CAB International, Wallingford.
• S. Lambton & G. Mason (2006). Ungulate digestive adaptations, and their implications for functioning in captivity. Box 1 in Chapter 2, Stereotypies in Captive Animals (second edition), eds. G. Mason & J. Rushen, CAB International, Wallingford.
• G. Mason (2006). Herbivory in captivity: Provisioning, intensive husbandry and abnormal oral behaviors. In: Foraging, eds. D. W. Stephens, R. C. Ydenberg & J. C. Brown. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
• R. Clubb & G. Mason (2006).  Elephants in captivity. Humane Society Press, Washington D. C.
• Zoos Forum Working Group on Animal Welfare and its Assessment in Zoos [with 9 co-authors] (2005, http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/gwd/zoosforum/index.htm).  Animal Welfare and its Assessment in Zoos
• G. J. Mason (2004).  Not ‘home on the range’: the effects of captivity on the welfare of carnivores.  In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, ed. M. Bekoff, Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport CT.
• R. Clubb & G. Mason (2004).  The welfare of elephants in European zoos: mortality, morbidity and reproduction In: The Marwell Scientific Report 2003, ed. T. Gilbert. Pebble Graphics, Romsey  (and http://www.biaza.org.uk/resources/library/images/ARSP5.pdf).
• S. Vickery & G. Mason (2004).  Understanding bear stereotypies – the first step towards treatment.  In: The Marwell Scientific Report 2003, ed. T. Gilbert.  Pebble Graphics, Romsey (and http://www.biaza.org.uk/resources/library/images/ARSP5.pdf).
• G. Mason & R. Clubb (2004).  Guest editorial, International Zoo News 51: 3-5.
• R. Clubb & G. Mason (2002). A Review of the Welfare of Elephants in European Zoos. RSPCA, Horsham.
• R. Clubb & G. Mason (2002). Are some Carnivore species predisposed to develop stereotypy because of their foraging strategy in the wild?   In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment, eds. V. J. Hare, K. E. Worley & K. Myers, The Shape of Enrichment Inc., San Diego, pp. 139 – 141.
• G. Mason, J. Cooper & C. Clarebrough (2002).  The use of techniques from human economics to measure what animals value, illustrated by experimental work on the American mink, Mustela vison. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conferences on Environmental Enrichment, eds. V. J. Hare, K. E. Worley & K. Myers, The Shape of Enrichment Inc., San Diego, pp. 111 – 117.
• Hovland, A. L., Mason, G., Bøe, K. E., Bakken, M. (2002). Operant methodology as a method to measure social priorities in farmed foxes. Nordisk Jorbruksforskeres Forening, NJF-seminar no.347, 2-4 October 2002, Vuokatti, Finland.
• Hovland, A, L., Bøe, K. E., Mason, G., Eide, T. & Bakken, M. (2002). Measuring social motivation in farmed foxes: methodology and preliminary results. In: Internal Report no. 151, Ministeriet for Fødevarar, Lanbrug og Fiskeri, Danmarks JordbrugsForskning, eds. C. C. Krohn & J. Ladewig, p. 27 (abstract).
• European Commission (2001) [with 12 co-authors]. The Welfare of Animals kept for Fur Production. http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/sc/scah/outcome_en.html
• G. Mason & H. Warburton (eds.) (2001). A Consumer’s Guide to Consumer Demand and Preference Measurement. Workshop proceedings, ISAE meeting, 4th-9th Aug. 2001, Davies, California.
• R. Clubb & G. Mason (2001).  Does behavioural ecology influence the development of stereotypic behaviour in captivity?  In: The Marwell Scientific Report 1999/2000, eds. J. Ostler & G. Worman. Pebble Graphics, Romsey, pp. 9 – 11.
• G. Mason (2000).  Animal Welfare.  In: Frontiers of Life, Vol. IV, Part One, eds. P. Bateson & E. Alleva, Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 29 – 43. 
• K. von Schmalz Peixoto & G. Mason (2000).  Factors affecting breeding success in captive Carnivora - preliminary results. Advances in Ethology 35, Supplement to Ethology, p. 135 (abstract).
• R. Clubb & G. Mason (1999). Are some Carnivore species predisposed to develop stereotypy because of their foraging strategy in the wild? Advances in Ethology 34, Supplement to Ethology, p. 214 (abstract).
• G. Mason (1999).  Il benessere degli animali.  In: Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani Vol. IV, Parte Prima, eds. P. Bateson & E. Alleva  Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani, Rome, pp. 23 – 38.
• J. Mench & G. Mason (1997).  Using behaviour to assess animal welfare.  In: Animal Welfare, eds. M. Appleby & B. O. Hughes. CAB International, Wallingford, pp 127 - 141.
• G. Mason, J. Cooper & J. Garner (1997). Models of motivation and the experimental assessment  of animal priorities.  In: Animal Choices - Occasional Publication No. 20 - British Society for Animal Science, Edinburgh, ed. J. M. Forbes, T. L. J. Lawrence, R. G. Rodway & M. A. Varley, pp. 9 – 17.
• J. J. Cooper & G. Mason (1997).  Environmental requirements in mink (Mustela vison). In: Animal Choices - Occasional Publication No. 20 - British Society for Animal Science, Edinburgh, (ed. J. M. Forbes, T. L. J. Lawrence, R. G. Rodway & M. A.Varley), pp. 129 - 130.
• G. J. Mason (1993).  Forms of stereotypic behaviour.  In: Stereotypic Animal Behaviour: Fundamentals and Applications to Animal Welfare, eds. A. B.  Lawrence & J. Rushen. CAB Int., Wallingford, pp. 7 – 40.
• G. J. Mason  & M. A. Turner  (1993).  Mechanisms involved in the development and control of stereotypies.  In: Perspectives in Ethology, Volume 10: Behavior and Evolution, eds.  P. P. G. Bateson, P. H. Klopfer & N. K. Thompson. Plenum Press, New York, pp. 53 – 85.
• G. J. Mason (1992).  Stereotypy and welfare in mink.  Journal of Animal Science 70, Suppl. 1, p. 158 (abstract).
• B. S. Close, F. Dolins & G. Mason  (eds.) (1989). Animal Use in Education - Proceedings of the Second International Conference of EuroNICHE.  Humane Education Centre, London.