Behavioral Assessment of Six Reptile Species during a Temporary Zoo Closure and Reopening
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: COVID-19, reptile welfare, visitor effects, zoo animal behavior
2022
Behaviour of Zoo-Housed Red Pandas (Ailurus fulgens): A Case-Study Testing the Behavioural Variety Index
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, maternal behaviour, red panda
2022
Behavioural Impact of Captive Management Changes in Three Species of Testudinidae
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: behaviour, diversity index, enrichment, ethogram, reptile, tortoise, welfare
2022
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
Computer-vision object tracking for monitoring bottlenose dolphin habitat use and kinematics
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: animal behavior, dolphins, entropy, kinematics
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
The Effect of environmental enrichment on Salvator merianae (Squamata: Teiidae) under captivity conditions
Publication/Journal: Acta Zoológica Lilloana
Keywords: behaviour, enclosures, ethogram, reptiles, welfare
2022
Effects of browsing enrichment associated with the temperature–humidity index and landscaping trees in giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Thermal Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, climate, environmental enrichment, oral stereotypy, zoo
2022
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