Environmental Enrichment Devices Are Safe and Effective at Reducing Undesirable Behaviors in California Sea Lions and Northern Elephant Seals during Rehabilitation
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, habituation, pinnipeds, rehabilitation, stereotypic behavior
2023
Social behaviour in zoo bachelor groups: a case study of related South American fur seals
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: Arctocephalus australis, bachelor groups, evidence-based management, social behavior, social needs, South American fur seals
2021
Social Behaviour in Zoo Bachelor Groups: A Case Study of Related South American Fur Seals
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: Archocephalus australis, bachelor groups, evidence-based management, social behavior, social needs, South American fur seals
2021
Animal Welfare in Predator Control: Lessons from Land and Sea. How the Management of Terrestrial and Marine Mammals Impacts Wild Animal Welfare in Human–Wildlife Conflict Scenarios in Europe
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, human–wildlife conflict, pest, predator, welfare assessment, welfare domains, welfare impact, wildlife
2020
Does Enrichment Improve Well Being in Animals under Human Care? A Case Study of Two Harbor Seals (Phoca Vitulina)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: enrichment, human-animal interactions, seals, welfare
2019
Does Enrichment Improve Well Being in Animals under Human Care? A Case Study of Two Harbor Seals (Phoca Vitulina)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: enrichment, human-animal interactions, seals, welfare
2019
Enrichment reduces stereotypical behaviors and improves foraging development in rehabilitating Eastern Pacific Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina richardii)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: applied welfare, behavioral management, conservation, foraging, pinniped, wildlife rehabilitation
2019
Environmental and physiological determinants of huddling behavior of molting female southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: aggregation behavior, habitat type, heat loss, meteorological variations, phocids, stomach temperature
2019
Minimizing the impact of biologging devices: Using computational fluid dynamics for optimizing tag design and positioning
Publication/Journal: Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Keywords: animal welfare, biologging, biotelemetry, computational fluid dynamics, drag, flow simulation, hydrodynamics, tag design
2019
Integrating Tinbergen’s inquiries: Mimicry and play in humans and other social mammals
Publication/Journal: Learning & Behavior
Keywords: apes, dogs, emotional contagion, ethological perspective, homo sapiens, monkeys, seals
2017