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
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
Impacts of Socialization on Bull Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Stereotypical Behavior
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, bachelor herd, musth, stereotypy
2022
Monitoring the behaviour and stress physiology of male gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla for one year following bachelor group formation
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: androgens, behaviour, glucocorticoids, non-invasive, primates, proximity, social introductions
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
Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Just Something in the Way? Visual Barriers Do Not Reduce Intraspecific Agonism in an All-Male Group of Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, evidence-based management, reptile behavior, reptile welfare, visual barriers, zoo exhibit design
2022
Rehabilitation of Marine Turtles and Welfare Improvement by Application of Environmental Enrichment Strategies
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: conservation, environmental enrichment, rehabilitation, rescue, sea turtles, welfare
2022
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
Applying Behavioral and Physiological Measures to Assess the Relative Impact of the Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic Closure on Two Mammal Species at the Oregon Zoo: Cheetah (A. jubatus) and Giraffe (G. c. reticulata and G. c. tippelskirchii)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, visitor effect, wildlife endocrinology, zoo animal welfare
2021