Visual and acoustic exploratory behaviors toward novel stimuli in Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) under human care
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: auditory perception, manatee, physiology, social behavior, Trichechus manatus, visual perception, vocalization
2023
Development of an image-based body condition score for giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis and a comparison of zoo-housed and free-ranging individuals
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: body condition score, free-ranging giraffe, PMS, zoo
2021
A new feeding concept offering speciesappropriate animal enrichment and visitor attraction at the same time
Publication/Journal: Der Zoologische Garten NF
Keywords: activity budget, animal welfare, enrichment, human-animal interactions, visitor feeding experience
2021
Studying Antillean manatees’(Trichechus manatus manatus) temperament in zoological parks: exploration of boldness, sociality and reactivity to humans
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: conservation, manatees, novelty tests, personality questionnaire, temperament, welfare
2021
Body Condition Scores (BCS) in European zoo elephants’ (Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus) lifetimes – a longitudinal analysis
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: body condition scoring, longitudinal analysis, zoo elephant
2019
Boldness-mediated habitat use tactics and reproductive success in a wild large herbivore
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: behavioural syndrome, docility, individual performance, personality, predation–starvation trade-off, reproductive success, risk taking, space use, ungulate
2018
Neophobia is linked to behavioural and haematological indicators of stress in captive roe deer
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: behavioural syndrome, captivity, fructosamine, novel object, physiological parameters, repeatability
2017
Seasonal mortality in zoo ruminants
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: climate, husbandry, mortality, reproduction, ruminant, seasonality
2017
Visual body condition scoring in zoo animals – composite, algorithm and overview approaches
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: body condition scoring (bcs), elephas maximus, loxodonta africana, weight monitoring, zoo animal
2017
Digestive physiology of the plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus): A large herbivorous hystricomorph rodent
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, coprophagy, herbivory, nutrition, obesity
2015