Investigating the Behavior and Personality Structure of the Aldabra Tortoise during Human Interactions and Training Events
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: Aldabrachelys giganea, animal personality, chelonia mydas, geochelone gigantea, human-animal interaction
2022
Activity Budget Comparisons Using Long-Term Observations of a Group of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under Human Care: Implications for Animal Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: activity budgets, animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, dolphin behavior, keeper ratings, zoo animal behavior
2021
Caretaker Score Reliability for Personality Assessment of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal keeper, animal personality, behaviour, captivity, dolphinarium, intra-rater dependence, temperament, welfare, zoo
2021
Cognitive Enrichment in Practice: A Survey of Factors Affecting Its Implementation in Zoos Globally
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal enrichment, barriers to adoption, captive vertebrate management, cognition, practice change
2021
Developing a Reliable Welfare Assessment Tool for Captive Hibernatory Bear Species
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, bear, keeper ratings, ursidae, welfare assessment, zoo animal welfare
2021
Feasibility and validity of the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid to monitor the welfare of zoo-housed gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: Animal welfare assessment grid, keeper assessments, welfare monitoring, western lowland gorilla, zoo animal welfare
2021
Happiness, Welfare, and Personality in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: coping, monkey, psychometrics, temperament, validation
2021
“How not to judge a deer by its cover”: a personality assessment study on captive adult red deer males (Cervus elaphus)
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: cervids, dominance hierarchy, personality assessment, questionnaires, red deer
2021
Impacts of environmental and human disturbances on behaviour of captive kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
Publication/Journal: New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Keywords: apteryx mantelli, disturbance of captive animals, noise, pacing, visitor management
2021
An investigation into the Behavior, Sociality and Enclosure Use of Group-Housed Lions and Tigers
Publication/Journal: MedDocs
Keywords: affiliative behavior, felid, keeper, panthera leo, panthera tigris, paw treading, social interaction, social network
2021