Understanding and Improving the Visitor Experience: How Can We Increase the Positive Social Impact of Animal–Visitor Interactions?
Publication/Journal: CABI Books
Keywords: animal–visitor interactions, avi, choice and control, wildlife conservation.
2024
Welfare and Enrichment of Managed Nocturnal Species, Supported by Technology
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal-computer-interaction, armadillo, aye-aye, bushbaby, collaborative design, coral, environmental enrichment, nocturnal, potto, vampire bat
2024
Access to Multiple Habitats Improves Welfare: A Case Study of Two Zoo-Housed Black Bears (Ursus americanus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: american black bear, animal welfare, carnivore, choice and control, environmental enrichment, zoo
2023
Cognitive bias tasks: a new set of approaches to assess welfare in nonhuman primates
Publication/Journal: Nonhuman primate welfare: from history, science, and ethics to practice
Keywords:
2023
Exploring the behaviors and social preferences of a large, multigenerational herd of zoo-housed southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ceratotherium, social behavior, welfare, zoo animal
2023
Integrating Measures of Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and Giving-Up Densities to Assess Adrenocortical Activity and Well-Being in Zoo-Housed Three-Banded Armadillos (Tolypeutes matacus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: environmental modifications, foraging behavior, human managed care, stress physiology
2023
Linking management practices with survival to improve outcomes for a red wolf population
Publication/Journal: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Keywords: breeding program, red wolves, reintroduction
2023
Observational approaches to chimpanzee behavior in an African sanctuary: Implications for research, welfare, and capacity-building
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: behavior, capacity building, observations, sanctuaries, welfare
2023
Trainer Interaction Can Improve Welfare Outcomes of Toy Enrichment for Isolated Animals: A Case Study
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, environmental enrichment, human-animal interaction, training
2023
Immune and stress physiology of two captively‐housed tortoise species
Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Integrative Physiology
Keywords: immunology, stress, tortoise
2022