Exploring the behaviors and social preferences of a large, multigenerational herd of zoo-housed southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ceratotherium, social behavior, welfare, zoo animal
2023
Individual variation in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) repertoires of abnormal behaviour
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, chimpanzees, coprophagy, stereotypical behavior, stress, zoo-housed
2022
Cognitive enrichment device provides evidence for intersexual differences in collaborative actions in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)
Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition
Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, cognitive enrichment, collaboration, cooperation, intersexual differences, problem solving, sociality
2021
Personality and behavioral changes in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) following the death of herd members
Publication/Journal: Integrative Zoology
Keywords: animal behavior, elephants, herd, mortality, personality, socialization
2021
Social Interactions in Zoo-Housed Elephants: Factors Affecting Social Relationships
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: social behaviour, social relationships, welfare, zoo elephants
2019
Incorporating stakeholder perspectives into the assessment and provision of captive elephant welfare
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, elephant, stakeholder opinion, welfare assessment, zoo
2017
Long term vs. short term impact of founder relatedness on gene diversity and inbreeding within the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) of the red panda (Ailurus f. fulgens)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: breeding programs, eep, genetic diversity, genetic management, inbreeding, red panda
2017
Using behavioral observations and genetic markers to characterize the flexible reproductive system in an ex situ population of carmine bee-eaters (Merops n. nubicus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: behaviour, colony, parentage, population, relatedness, reproduction
2017
Behavioural response of dairy cows with and without calf-contact to hair of own and alien calves presented in the milking parlour
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: calf rearing, cattle, maternal discrimination, olfaction, young recognition
2016
Changes in the dominance hierarchy of captive female Japanese macaques as a consequence of merging two previously established groups
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: dominance ranks, group formation, macaca fuscatamacaca fuscata, primates, welfare
2016