Assessment of Feeding Behavior of the Zoo-Housed Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) and Nutritional Values of Natural Prey
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, diet, insectivorous, live feed, mymercophagidae, zenartha
2022
Is behavioural enrichment always a success? Comparing food presentation strategies in an insectivorous lizard (Plica plica)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, behaviour, enrichment, lizards, plica plica, reptiles
2016
Improving diet and activity of insectivorous primates in captivity: Naturalizing the diet of Northern Ceylon gray slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus nordicus
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: diet, enrichment, insectivory, lorisidae, nocturnal, primate
2015
Effect of dietary carotenoids on vitamin A status and skin pigmentation in false tomato frogs (Dyscophus guineti)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: amphibians, color, lutein, nutrition, zeaxanthin, β-carotene
2014
Sensitivity of Insectivorous Bats to Urbanization: Implications for Suburban Conservation Planning
Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation
Keywords: community ecology, insectivorous bat, species–habitat models, urban ecology
2012
Biochemical and physiological observations in meerkats (Suricata suricatta) at two zoos during a dietary transition to a diet designed for insectivores
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: cholesterol, nutrition, serum chemistries, suricata suricatta, taurine, weight loss
2009
The effects of prey species on food conversion efficiency and growth of an insectivorous lizard
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: diet, nutrition, reptile, sceloporus occidentalis, western fence lizard
2008
The sensory basis of prey detection in captive-born grey mouse lemurs, Microcebus murinus
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: foraging, grey mouse lemur, insectivorous, microcebus murinus, prey detection, primates, sensory ecology
2008
Sensory ecology of predator–prey interactions: responses of the AN2 interneuron in the field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus to the echolocation calls of sympatric bats
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology
2005
Gut loading to enhance the nutrient content of insects as food for reptiles: A mathematical approach
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ca, crickets, gut-loading, mealworms, silkworms, vitamin a
2003