The Impacts of a Commercial Bubble Curtain on Zoo-Housed African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) Swimming Behavior
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, penguin, swimming, temperature, zoos
2023
Integrating Measures of Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and Giving-Up Densities to Assess Adrenocortical Activity and Well-Being in Zoo-Housed Three-Banded Armadillos (Tolypeutes matacus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: environmental modifications, foraging behavior, human managed care, stress physiology
2023
Monitoring the behaviour and stress physiology of male gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla for one year following bachelor group formation
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: androgens, behaviour, glucocorticoids, non-invasive, primates, proximity, social introductions
2022
Evaluating physiological and behavioural responses to social changes and construction in two zoo-housed female giraffes
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: construction, corticosterone, cortisol, eia, giraffe, stereotypy, stress
2021
Evaluating physiological and behavioural responses to social changes and construction in two zoo-housed female giraffes
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: construction, corticosterone, cortisol, eia, giraffe, stereotypy, stress
2021
The use of biofloors in great ape zoo exhibits
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: bedding, biofloor, deep litter, exhibit design, great apes, primates, welfare, zoo
2021
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
Monitoring the Behavioral and Adrenal Activity of Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) to Assess Welfare During Seasonal Housing Changes
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, enclosure, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, giraffe, recumbency
2017
Zoo foraging ecology: development and assessment of a welfare tool for captive animals
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, exhibit preferences, giving-up densities, parma wallaby, patagonian cavy
2017
Male behaviours signal the female’s reproductive state in a pair of black rhinoceros housed at Lincoln Park Zoo
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: behavior, reproductive state, rhinoceros, zoo
2016