Catcalls: exotic cats discriminate the voices of familiar caregivers
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: *Voice/physiology, animals, caregivers, Familiar human, felid, felidae, humans, physiology, pilot projects, psychology, rearing history, recognition, Vocal discrimination
2024
The Integrated Effect of Environmental Conditions and Human Presence on the Behaviour of a Pair of Zoo-Housed Asian Small-Clawed Otters
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, Aonyx cinereus, human-animal interaction, otter welfare, zoo welfare
2023
Quantifying animals’ perception of environmental predictability using anticipatory behavior
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biol
Keywords: appetitive behavior, pinniped, predictability, reliable cue, sea lion
2023
Behavioral Changes of Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) during COVID-19 Zoo Closures and Further Reopening to the Public
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: begging, choice/control, stereotypical behavior, visitor effect
2022
Behavioural patterns in zoo-housed Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) revealed using long-term keeper-collected data: validation of approaches and improved husbandry
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity budget, captivity, ethogram, seasonal patterns, visitor effects, weather
2022
A Quantitative Approach for Using Anticipatory Behavior as a Graded Welfare Assessment
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: appetitive behavior, pinniped, sea lion, zoo animal
2022
A Comparative Study on Two Territorial Fishes: The Influence of Physical Enrichment on Aggressive Behavior
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: aggressive behavior, environmental enrichment, fish welfare, hexagrammos otakii, sebastes schlegelii
2021
Conservation Education: Are Zoo Animals Effective Ambassadors and Is There Any Cost to Their Welfare?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal-visitor interaction, google scholar, human-animal interaction, methodology, public engagement, zoo
2021
Discrimination of Acoustic Stimuli and Maintenance of Graded Alarm Call Structure in Captive Meerkats
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: acoustic features, alarm calls, animal welfare, bioacoustics, fuzzy clustering, graded structure, LASSO algorithm, meerkats, natural behavior, playback experiment, suricates, vocalization, zoo
2021
In search of the optimal enrichment program for zoo‐housed animals
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: activity budget, environmental enrichment, European badger, golden jackal, novelty, zoo-housed
2021