Environmental enrichment for collared peccaries Dicotyles tajacu, Tayassuidae in managed care: Different items provoke different behavioural responses
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal welfare, Cetartiodactyla, conservation, food-based enrichment
2022
Comparison of the Glucocorticoid Concentrations between Three Species of Lemuridae Kept in a Temporary Housing Facility
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: enzyme immunoassay, faecal analysis, glucocorticoid metabolites, non-invasive, zoo
2020
A Preliminary Study Investigating the Impact of Musical Concerts on the Behavior of Captive Fiordland Penguins (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) and Collared Peccaries (Pecari tajacu)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal management, music, noise, visitor effect, zoo animal welfare
2020
Efficacy and Animal Welfare Impacts of Novel Capture Methods for Two Species of Invasive Wild Mammals in New Zealand
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: bennett's wallaby, cervus-elaphus, darting, ground-based netting, net-gunning, Notamacropus rufogriseus, red deer, thiafentanil, tiletamine-zolazepam
2019
Boldness-mediated habitat use tactics and reproductive success in a wild large herbivore
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: behavioural syndrome, docility, individual performance, personality, predation–starvation trade-off, reproductive success, risk taking, space use, ungulate
2018
Measurement of cognitive bias and cortisol levels to evaluate the effects of space restriction on captive collared peccary (Mammalia, Tayassuidae)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: *cognitive bias, animal welfare, environmental enrichment, judgement bias, stress
2016
Assessment of temperament traits of white-lipped (Tayassu pecari) and collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) during handling in a farmed environment
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, domestication, handling, peccary, reactivity, wildlife farming
2015
Physiological evidence for a human-induced landscape of fear in brown bears (Ursus arctos)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: brown bear, heart rate, heart rate variability, human disturbance, ursus-arctos, wildlife
2015
Assessment of adrenocortical activity and behavior of the collared anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) in response to food-based environmental enrichment
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: activity pattern, diet, non-invasive monitoring of glucocorticoid metabolites, stress, welfare, xenarthra
2013
Parents take both size and conspicuousness into account when feeding nestlings in dark cavity nests
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: begging, bird, coloration, detection, hatching asynchrony, provisioning
2012