Welfare and Clinical Assessment on Physical Captures Followed by Anesthesia in Apennine Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: acepromazine, blood gas analysis, capture, chemical immobilization, conservation, medetomidine-ketamine, physical capture, Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata, stress
2023
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
Potential effects of GPS collars on the behaviour of two red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) in Rotterdam Zoo
Publication/Journal: PloS One
Keywords: animal behavior, gps collar, red panda, zoo
2021
Supporting Zoo Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Welfare and Herd Dynamics with a More Complex and Expanded Habitat
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: adrenal activity, behavior, elephant, feeding predictability, glucocorticoids, gps, habitat evaluation, locomotion, sociality, welfare
2021
Boldness at the nest predicts foraging and diving behaviour of female but not male African penguins
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: at-sea behaviour, breeding success, chick growth, endangered species, personality types, resource acquisition
2019
Don’t poke the bear: using tracking data to quantify behavioural syndromes in elusive wildlife
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: activity sensors, brown bear, gps collar, multivariate mixed model, personality, repeatability
2019
Efficacy and Animal Welfare Impacts of Novel Capture Methods for Two Species of Invasive Wild Mammals in New Zealand
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: bennett's wallaby, cervus-elaphus, darting, ground-based netting, net-gunning, Notamacropus rufogriseus, red deer, thiafentanil, tiletamine-zolazepam
2019
Boldness-mediated habitat use tactics and reproductive success in a wild large herbivore
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: behavioural syndrome, docility, individual performance, personality, predation–starvation trade-off, reproductive success, risk taking, space use, ungulate
2018
Diel and infradian (7-day) activity rhythms in Mexican spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) kept with and without visitor contact
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: activity pattern, circadian rhythm, circaseptan rhythm, masking effect, zoo visitor effect
2018
Examination of enrichment using space and food for African elephants (Loxodonta africana) at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: african elephant, animal behaviour, animal welfare, enrichment, gps technology, zoo studies
2018