Bird Welfare in Zoos and Aquariums: General Insights across Industries
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: bird habitats, environmental enrichment, flooring, genetics, human-animal interactions, lighting, nutrition, social management, sound environment, substrate
2022
Do Birds of a Feather Always Flock Together? Assessing Differences in Group and Individual Zoo Enclosure Usage by Comparing Commonly Available Methods
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: Electivity Index, enclosure usage, flamingo, social behaviour, Spread of participation index, zoo animal welfare, zoo enclosure
2022
Does Observer Presence Modify the Behavior and Enclosure Use of Captive Edwards’ Pheasants?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: enclosure use, Lophura edwardsi, pheasantry, Spread of participation index, welfare
2022
Effects of rearing methods on feather-damaging behavior and corticosterone metabolite excretion in the peach-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis Vieillot)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: Agapornis roseicollis Vieillot, corticosterone metabolite, feather-damaging behavior, hand rearing, parental rearing with neonatal handling, peach-faced lovebird
2022
Impact of Broad-Spectrum Lighting on Recall Behaviour in a Pair of Captive Blue-Throated Macaws (Ara glaucogularis)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: artificial lighting, behaviour, husbandry, Pstiaccidae, T5 lamps, ultraviolet light, vision
2022
Comparison of Two Different Feather Sampling Methods to Measure Corticosterone in Wild Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) and Wild Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, comparative study, cut feathers, feather corticosterone, greater flamingo, less invasive, mallards, plucked feathers, refinement, sex comparison, wild birds
2021
The effects of environmental enrichment on the behaviour of cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) in aviaries
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: avaries, cockatiel, enrichment, flight, parrot, substrate
2021
Is individual temperament related to behaviors in a social context for a Neotropical parakeet species?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: boldness, dominance, personality, Psittacara leucophthalmus, social behavior, social rank
2021
Understanding sociality and behavior change associated with a nesting event in a captive flock of great white pelicans
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, evidence-based husbandry, Pelecanus onocrotalus, social network analysis
2021
Deflighting zoo birds and its welfare considerations
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, birds, deflighting, pinioning, wing-clipping, zoo
2020