Behavioral Diversity as a Potential Indicator of Positive Animal Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, behavior-based enrichment, behavioral restriction, evidence-based management, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, stereotypic behavior, thrive, welfare assessment
2020
Directions in animal enclosure use studies
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: Electivity Index, enclosure use, evidence-based zoo animal management, exhibit design, Spread of participation index
2020
The Effect of Behind-The-Scenes Encounters and Interactive Presentations on the Welfare of Captive Servals (Leptailurus serval)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: human-animal interaction, live animal encounter programs, small felids, visitor effects, zoo animal welfare
2020
Effects of habitat modifications on behavioral indicators of welfare for Madagascar giant hognose snakes (Leioheterodon madagascariensis)
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: behavioral diversity, environmental enrichment, environmental exploration, habitat design, reptile welfare
2020
Effects of personality and rearing-history on the welfare of captive Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica)
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: asiatic lion, captivity, personality, rearing, welfare
2020
Evaluation of the Impact of Behavioral Opportunities on Four Zoo-Housed Aardvarks (Orycteropus afer)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, corticosterone, environmental enrichment, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, goal-based enrichment, nocturnal species
2020
The Four Cs of Modern (Neuro) ethology and Neuroethics: Cognition, Complexity, Conation, and Culture
Publication/Journal: Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals
Keywords: affective neuroscience, cognition, complexity, conation, culture, social neuroscience
2020
The influence of sex, rearing history, and personality on abnormal behaviour in zoo-housed bonobos (Pan paniscus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, great ape, personality, rearing, zoo
2020
Monitoring glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations as a proxy of environmental stress across important life-history stages in captive african penguins
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: adrenalcortical, African penguins, captive, glucocorticoids, non-invasive
2020
Personality traits modulate stress responses after enclosure change of captive capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal personality, animal welfare, captivity, enclosure change, individual differences, primates
2020