A comprehensive investigation of negative visitor behaviour in the zoo setting and captive animals’ behavioural response
Publication/Journal: Heliyon
Keywords: animal behaviour, Circuit-study, Negative behaviour, visitors, zoo
2023
The Introduction of a Novel Computerized Apparatus to California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)
Publication/Journal: Aquatic Mammals
Keywords: california sea lion, cognition, cognitive enrichment, computer task, marine mammal, zalophus californianus
2023
Reliability of caretakers’ ratings of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and finless porpoises’(Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sp.) behavioral style for welfare monitoring
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: human-animal relationship, odontocetes, playfulness, qualitative assessment, training session
2022
The Effect of Visitor Number on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Macropods
Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös
Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, free-range exhibits, human-animal interaction, macropod, vigilance, visitor effect, zoo
2021
An investigation into the Behavior, Sociality and Enclosure Use of Group-Housed Lions and Tigers
Publication/Journal: MedDocs
Keywords: affiliative behavior, felid, keeper, panthera leo, panthera tigris, paw treading, social interaction, social network
2021
Linking the roles of personality and stress physiology for managing the welfare of captive big cats
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal personalities, animal welfare, big cats, coping style, glucocorticoids, individual variation, stressors
2021
Nature calls: intelligence and natural foraging style predict poor welfare in captive parrots
Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, captive breeding, parrots, phylogenetic comparative methods, stress
2021
Principal Component Analysis as a Novel Method for the Assessment of the Enclosure Use Patterns of Captive Livingstone’s Fruit Bats (Pteropus livingstonii)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: critically endangered, enclosure design, fruit bats, principal component analysis, Spread of participation index, zoo management
2021
Synergy between behavioural research on beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) conducted in zoological and wild settings
Publication/Journal: Polar Research
Keywords: *animal cognition, aquariums, captive whales, maternal behaviour, play, socio-sexual interactions
2021
The Welfare of Domestic Goats (Capra hircus) in a Zoo-Based Animal-Visitor Interaction Program
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: ambassador animals, animal welfare, animal–visitor interactions, petting zoo, ungulate, visitor effect
2021