Behaviors related to positive, neutral, or negative valence in Odocoileus virginianus in below ground level or ground level exhibitor and influx of visitors
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: animal welfare, visitor effects, white-tailed deer, zoo
2023
Behaviors related to positive, neutral, or negative valence in Odocoileus virginianus in below-ground-level or ground-level exhibitor and influx of visitors
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: Crowd noise, Exhibitor environment, habituation, ungulates, Visitors’ influx
2023
An evaluation of the role of ‘biological evidence’ in zoo and aquarium enrichment practices
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal training, animal welfare, environmental enrichment, evidence-based approaches, zoo animal management, zoo research
2022
Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Just Something in the Way? Visual Barriers Do Not Reduce Intraspecific Agonism in an All-Male Group of Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, evidence-based management, reptile behavior, reptile welfare, visual barriers, zoo exhibit design
2022
Why Are Enrichment Practices in Zoos Difficult to Implement Effectively?
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: big cats, enrichment, keepers, process evaluation, thematic analysis, zoo management
2022
Cognitive Enrichment in Practice: A Survey of Factors Affecting Its Implementation in Zoos Globally
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal enrichment, barriers to adoption, captive vertebrate management, cognition, practice change
2021
Natural Habitat Design for Zoo-Housed Elasmobranch and Teleost Fish Species Improves Behavioural Repertoire and Space Use in a Visitor Facing Exhibit
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: Captive animal behavior, enclosure design, fish, visitor effect, welfare
2021
Surviving the Wildlife Trade in Southeast Asia: Reforming the ‘Disposal’of Confiscated Live Animals under CITES
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, cites, conservation, illegal wildlife trade, wildlife confiscations, wildlife disposal
2021
Concepts, applications, uses and evaluation of environmental enrichment
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: barriers to enrichment, food-based bias, keeper opinions, taxonomic bias, workshop
2020
Same Space, Different Species: The Influence of Exhibit Design on the Expression of Zoo-Housed Apes’ Species-Typical Retiring Behaviors
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: chimpanzee, exhibit design, gorilla, gorilla gorilla, nesting, pan troglodytes, space use
2020