Effects of food-based enrichment on enclosure use and behavioral patterns in captive mammalian predators: a case study from an Austrian wildlife park
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: animal behavior, animal visibility, animal welfare, brown bear, Domestic ferret, Pine marten
2023
Linking management practices with survival to improve outcomes for a red wolf population
Publication/Journal: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Keywords: breeding program, red wolves, reintroduction
2023
Retrospective study of morbidity and mortality of captive African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) held within United Kingdom Zoological Institutions between 2000 and 2020
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Keywords: african wild dogs, animal mortality, morbidity
2023
A retrospective study on the prevalence of main clinical findings in brown bears (Ursus arctos) rescued from substandard husbandry conditions
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare, brown bear, Clinical finding, health, keeping condition, pre-rescue bear origin
2023
Social Reward Behaviour in Two Groups of European Grey Wolves (Canis lupus lupus)—A Case Study
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: behavioural chains, Canis lupus lupus, mammals, novel object, prosociality, social behavior, social reward, wolves
2023
Welfare impacts associated with using aversive geofencing devices on captive Asian elephants
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity budgets, animal behaviour, Electric shock collars, faecal cortisol, stress, virtual fencing
2023
Enclosure Use as a Measure of Behavioral Welfare in Zoo-Housed African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: african wild dogs, captive welfare, enclosure use, entropy, spatial distribution, zoos
2021
In search of the optimal enrichment program for zoo‐housed animals
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: activity budget, environmental enrichment, European badger, golden jackal, novelty, zoo-housed
2021
Using individual-specific conditioning to reduce stereotypic behaviours: A study on smooth dogfish Mustelus canis in captivity
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal welfare, elasmobranchs
2021
The effectiveness of conditioned aversion in wolves: Insights from experimental tests
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: conditioned taste aversion, human–wildlife conflict, large carnivore conservation, livestock predation, non-lethal predation control, wildlife management
2020