Acoustic Monitoring of Professionally Managed Marine Mammals for Health and Welfare Insights
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: acoustic welfare, anthropogenic sound, marine mammal welfare
2023
Biological and Management-Related Predictors of Reproductive Success in North American Ex Situ Asian Small-Clawed Otters (Aonyx cinereus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: breeding programs, deslorelin, habitat complexity, mate incompatibility, reproductive viability analysis (RVA), reversibility, Suprelorin, zoo
2023
Exploring the Effect of Age on the Reproductive and Stress Physiology of Octopus bimaculoides Using Dermal Hormones
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: California two-spot octopus, cortisol, estradiol, progesterone, senescence, testosterone
2023
The quest to develop automated systems for monitoring animal behavior
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal behavior, Automated monitoring technology, observation, sensors
2023
Welfare impacts associated with using aversive geofencing devices on captive Asian elephants
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity budgets, animal behaviour, Electric shock collars, faecal cortisol, stress, virtual fencing
2023
A Model for Accurate Determination of Environmental Parameters in Indoor Zoological and Botanical Gardens Supporting Efficient Species Management
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: air temperature, ATMOS14, conductivity, daily light integral, PAR light, relative humidity, soil water content, TEROS12
2022
Assessing saddle‐billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) pair‐bonds and breeding behavior using behavior observed during multiple breeding seasons
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: breeding behavior, nesting behavior, pair bond, proximity, saddle-billed stork
2021
Behavioral interactions and glucocorticoid production of Somali wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis) mothers and foals
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: affiliative behavior, agonistic behavior, equid, fecal hormone, mother-offspring, nursing
2021
Can animals develop depression? An overview and assessment of ‘depression-like’states
Publication/Journal: Behaviour
Keywords: animal behavior, animal psychology, depression, welfare
2021
Can behavioural management improve behaviour and reproduction in captive blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna)?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, birds, environmental enrichment, psittacines, reproduction
2021