Enhancing welfare in a mixed exhibit: The impact of dispersed whole food on activity levels and feeding behaviours of Mexican military macaws and red-billed curassows
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: behaviour, bird, captive animals, chopped food, enrichment, Feeding techniques, Whole food
2023
Impact of Broad-Spectrum Lighting on Recall Behaviour in a Pair of Captive Blue-Throated Macaws (Ara glaucogularis)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: artificial lighting, behaviour, husbandry, Pstiaccidae, T5 lamps, ultraviolet light, vision
2022
Should zoo foods be chopped: macaws for consideration
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: Ara ararauna, avian, evidence-based husbandry, food presentation, keeper time, parrot
2021
Influence of environmental enrichment on the behavioral variables of caged Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
Publication/Journal: Ornithology Research
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, hyacinth macaw
2020
Interspecies Interactions Mediated by Technology: An Avian Case Study at the Zoo
Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Keywords: animal agency, animal music, animal-computer-interaction, enrichment, interspecies interactions, sonic enrichment
2020
Nutritional and physical characteristics of commercial hand-feeding formulas for parrots
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: chicks, growth, nutrition, psittacines, scarlet macaw
2013
Training Large Macaws for Artificial Insemination Procedures
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: artificial insemination, macaws, training
2011
Movement and behavior of scarlet macaws (Ara macao) during the post-fledging dependence period: implications for in situ versus ex situ management
Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation
Keywords: costa rica, in situ conservation, post-fledging period, radiotelemetry, scarlet macaw
2004
Behavior of Individuals and Social Interactions of the Red-Fronted Macaw Ara Rubrogenys in the Wild During the Midday Rest
Publication/Journal: Ornitologia Neotropical
Keywords: ara rubrogenys, behavior, behaviour, bolivia, non-social interactions, red-fronted macaw, social interactions
1997