Enrichment and animal age, not biological variables, predict positive welfare indicators in zoo-housed carnivores
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, affective state, behaviour, captive, interaction, Phylogenetic, play
2024
Utilizing vocalizations to gain insight into the affective states of non-human mammals
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: affective state, animal welfare, bioacoustics, emotion, vocalization
2024
Animal welfare research is fascinating, ethical, and useful—but how can it be more rigorous?
Publication/Journal: BMC Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, evidence-based animal care, welfare science
2023
Choice, control, and animal welfare: definitions and essential inquiries to advance animal welfare science
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: affective states, agency, animal welfare, choice, control, psychological wellbeing
2023
Feeding management of giraffe towards positive welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: feeding strategy, giraffe, positive welfare
2023
Review: Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare
Publication/Journal: animal
Keywords: behaviour, emotion, health, physiology, welfare assessment
2023
Differing animal welfare conceptions and what they mean for the future of zoos and aquariums, insights from an animal welfare audit
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, audit
2022
The More the Merrier? Zoo Visitors’ Affective Responses and Perceptions of Welfare across an Increase in Giraffe Density
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: affective experience, perceptions of animal welfare, visitor studies, zoos and aquariums
2022
Affective styles and emotional lateralization: A promising framework for animal welfare research
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: affective states, animal welfare, emotional reactivity, emotional regulation, hemispheric dominance, individuality, motivational tendencies, motor lateralization, personality, stable individual traits
2021
Bottlenose Dolphins Produce Underwater Bubbles Linked to Cognitive Task Engagement but Not Success
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: *animal cognition, affective state, animal welfare, cetacean, cognitive enrichment, emotion, time series analysis
2021