EFFECTS OF “SWIM WITH THE TURTLES” TOURIST ATTRACTIONS ON GREEN SEA TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) HEALTH IN BARBADOS, WEST INDIES
Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Keywords: animal welfare, barbados, biochemistry, birds, blood values, caretta caretta, chelonia mydas, green sea, growth-rates, health, hematology, immunoglobulins, marine turtles, plasma, population, reptiles, southern bahamas, turtle, veterinary sciences
2016
Begging response of gull chicks to the red spot on the parental bill
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: begging response, coadaptation, cross-fostering, larus michahellis, parent–offspring communication, parental signal, releasing mechanism, tinbergen, yellow-legged gull
2013
Effect of rapid modulation of circulating plasma testosterone concentration on begging, aggressive behavior and competition for food in black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) chicks
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: aggressive behavior, androgens, begging behavior, sibling competition, testosterone
2013
Maternal testosterone influences a begging component that makes fathers work harder in chick provisioning
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: begging, birds, hormones, manipulation, maternal effects, parental care, sexual conflict
2013
Rubber shots not as effective as selective culling in deterring gulls from landfill sites
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: anthropogenic food, gulls, landfill, larus delawarensis, pest management, scaring
2012
UVS is Rare in Seabirds
Publication/Journal: Vision Research
Keywords: albatross, gulls, phylogeny, seabirds, sws1 opsin, uvs, vs
2011
Monitoring feed amounts in goliath groupers (Epinephelus itajara) using behavioral conditioning in a large mixed species exhibit
Plasma electrolyte concentrations in captive and free-ranging African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) maintained with and without dietary salt supplements
Testing Olfactory Foraging Strategies in an Antarctic Seabird Assemblage
Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
Keywords: albatross, odour cue, olfaction, petrel, procellariiform seabird, pyrazine, shearwater, smell
2004
Wildlife As Sentinels of Human Health Effects in the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Basin
Publication/Journal: Environmental Health Perspectives
Keywords: beluga, biomarkers, developmental toxicity, effects monitoring, fish-eating birds, genotoxicity, great lakes, human health, immune response, metabolic diseases, sentinel species, thyroid, tumors, turtles
2001