The Benefits of Increased Space and Habitat Complexity for the Welfare of Zoo-Housed King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Authors: Grace Fuller, Megan Jones, Kylen N. Gartland, Sara Zalewski, Matthew R. Heintz, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, aquatic behavior, data-loggers, exhibit design, post-occupancy evaluation, time–depth recorders

2023

Effects of Crowd Size, Composition, and Noise Level On Pool Use in a Mixed-Species Penguin Colony

Authors: A. N. Edes, E. Baskir, K. L. Bauman, N. Chandrasekharan, M. Macek, A. Tieber

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: behavior, decibel, visitor effects, welfare, zoo

2021

Comparative Personality Traits Assessment of Three Species of Communally Housed Captive Penguins

Authors: Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino, Richard Preziosi, Massimo Faustini, Giulio Curone, Mariangela Albertini, Dawn Nicoll, Lorna Moffat, Romain Pizzi, Silvia Mazzola

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: aptenodytes patagonicus, Eudyptes moseleyi, personality-traits, Pygocelis papua

2019

Validation and welfare assessment of flipper-mounted time-depth recorders for monitoring penguins in zoos and aquariums

Authors: Grace Fuller, Matthew R. Heintz, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bio-logging, data-loggers, gentoo penguin, king penguin, macaroni penguin, rockhopper penguin

2019

King Penguins in Zoos: Relating Breeding Success to Husbandry Practices

Authors: Simone Schweizer, Peter Stoll, Friederike von Houwald, Bruno Baur

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: breeding, king penguins, zoos

2016

New insights into the huddling dynamics of emperor penguins

Authors: André Ancel, Caroline Gilbert, Nicolas Poulin, Michaël Beaulieu, Bernard Thierry

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggregation, antarctica, aptenodytes forsteri, energy saving, environment, huddling, social thermoregulation

2015

Semen characterization, seasonality of production, and in vitro sperm quality after chilled storage and cryopreservation in the king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Authors: Justine K. O'Brien, Todd R. Robeck

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: avian, casa, directional freezing, genome bank, morphology, penguin, sperm cryopreservation

2014

Environmental Change and Welfare of Captive King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Authors: Paul Koene, Kim Vanderschoot, Joeke Nijboer

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, king penguins

2013

Sex Identification of Four Penguin Species Using Locus-Specific PCR

Authors: Peijun Zhang, Jiabo Han, Quansheng Liu, Junxin Zhang, Xianfeng Zhang

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aptenodytes patagonicus, chd1, eudyptes chrysocome, pygoscelis papua, spheniscus magellanicus

2013

Non-consumptive factors affecting foraging patterns in Antarctic penguins: a review and synthesis

Authors: D. G. Ainley, G. Ballard

Publication/Journal: Polar Biology

Keywords: adélie penguin, apex predator, emperor penguin, foraging habitat, killer whale, leopard seal, mesopredator, predation, predation fear, risk balancing

2012