Automated Video-Based Analysis Framework for Behavior Monitoring of Individual Animals in Zoos Using Deep Learning—A Study on Polar Bears
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, animal monitoring, animal welfare, behavior observation, deep learning, object detection, ursus maritimus
2022
Non-Invasive Assessment of the Seasonal Stress Response to Veterinary Procedures and Transportation of Zoo-Housed Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: behaviour, ex situ, faecal cortisol metabolites, pilosa, season, transport, veterinary check, wildlife
2022
Training in the Dark: Using Target Training for Non-Invasive Application and Validation of Accelerometer Devices for an Endangered Primate (Nycticebus bengalensis)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal training plan, animal welfare, bio-logger, positive reinforcement, random forest, strepsirrhine
2022
Activity budget of zoo-housed Dolichotis patagonum mates
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: behaviour, conservation, ex-situ management, monogamy, rodent
2021
Behavioral interactions and glucocorticoid production of Somali wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis) mothers and foals
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: affiliative behavior, agonistic behavior, equid, fecal hormone, mother-offspring, nursing
2021
Body Size Is Related to Temperature Preference in Hyla chrysoscelis Tadpoles
Publication/Journal: Journal of Herpetology
Keywords: anuran, thermal preference
2021
Can behavioural management improve behaviour and reproduction in captive blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna)?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, birds, environmental enrichment, psittacines, reproduction
2021
The Effect of Visitors on Zoo Reptile Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: ethology, ex situ, human-animal interactions, lockdown, reptile, visitors absence
2021
The Effect of Visitors on Zoo Reptile Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: ethology, ex situ, human-animal interactions, lockdown, reptile, visitors absence
2021
A Global Survey of Current Zoo Housing and Husbandry Practices for Fossa: A Preliminary Review
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: evidence-based practice, small carnivores, zoo husbandry
2021