A Conceptual Model for Understanding Types of Visitor Effects and Suggestions for Improving Visitor Effects Research
Publication/Journal: Human-Animal Interactions in Zoos: Integrating Science and Practice
Keywords: animal behavior, animal visitor interaction (AVI), emotional arousal, five domains model, visitor effects
2024
Food preferences and nutrient composition in captive Southern brown howler monkeys, Alouatta guariba clamitans
Publication/Journal: Primates
Keywords: alouatta, alouatta guariba clamitans, animals, correlational analysis, female, food preference, haplorhini, humans, male, nutrient composition, nutrients, Southern brown howler monkey
2024
Comparing Predictors and Outcomes of Higher Allostatic Load across Zoo-Housed African Great Apes
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: biomarkers, bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, morbidity, mortality, stress
2023
Zoo studies in primate physiology, health, and welfare
Comparing Space Use and Fecal Glucocorticoid Concentrations during and after the COVID-19 Closure to Investigate Visitor Effects in Multiple Species
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: banteng, behavior, cortisol, gorillas, grizzly bears, physiology, polar bears, zoo research
2022
Effects of Crowd Size, Composition, and Noise Level On Pool Use in a Mixed-Species Penguin Colony
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: behavior, decibel, visitor effects, welfare, zoo
2021
Allostatic Load Indices With Cholesterol and Triglycerides Predict Disease and Mortality Risk in Zoo-Housed Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: Biomarker Insights
Keywords: animal welfare, cardiac disease, chronic conditions, lipid markers, nonhuman primates
2020
Validation of scan sampling techniques for behavioural observations of pastured lambs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, lamb, pasture, scan sampling, sheep, validation
2017
Rearing history and allostatic load in adult western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in human care
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: allostasis, apes, captivity, stress
2016
Interactions between zoo-housed great apes and local wildlife
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, meat eating, orangutans, zoos
2009