Long-Term Assessment of Captive Chimpanzees: Influence of Social Group Composition, Seasonality and Biographic Background
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: adverse early life experiences, behavior, captive care, chimpanzee, group alterations, group composition, seasonality, social network analysis
2023
Promoting Good Nonhuman Primate Welfare outside Regular Working Hours
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: 24/7, animal welfare, back of house, captivity, environmental enrichment, night-time, off hours, primates, zoo
2023
TACTILE RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT IN CAPTIVE ANTILLEAN MANATEES (Trichechus manatus manatus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: communication, manatees, tactile signals
2023
Ackonc-AWA: A multi-species animal welfare assessment protocol for wild animals under human care to overcome the use of generic welfare checklists
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords:
2022
Recent Studies in Reptile and Amphibian Welfare: Some Relevant Publications for the Zoo Herpetologist
Validation of an enzyme immunoassay for measurement of fecal dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in gibbons and siamangs
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: assay, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, DHEAS, stress response
2022
Zoo Closure Does Not Affect Behavior and Activity Patterns of Palawan Binturong (Arctictis binturong whitei)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: 24h monitoring, COVID-19, understudied, visitor effect, visitor–animal interactions, welfare
2022
Activity Budget Comparisons Using Long-Term Observations of a Group of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under Human Care: Implications for Animal Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: activity budgets, animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, dolphin behavior, keeper ratings, zoo animal behavior
2021
Bold Frogs or Shy Toads? How Did the COVID-19 Closure of Zoological Organisations Affect Amphibian Activity?
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: amphibian behaviour, amphibian welfare, COVID-19, enclosure usage, evidence-based husbandry, visitor effect
2021
Conducting Behavioural Research in the Zoo: A Guide to Ten Important Methods, Concepts and Theories
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, behavioural observations, ethology, observational methods, research methods, zoo science
2021