An examination of salivary cortisol concentrations and behaviour in three African elephants Loxodonta africana at Zoo Atlanta
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: captive elephant, non-invasive, stereotypic behaviour, welfare
2024
Play That Trunky Music: Development of an Auditory Enrichment Device for Elephants in Zoos
Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction
Keywords: african elephant, auditory enrichment, loxodonta africana
2024
Zoo Visitors’ Most-Liked Aspects of Elephant Encounters and Related Perceptions of Animals’ Emotions and Welfare States: A Pragmatic Approach
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal emotions, animal experiences, animal training, animal welfare, animal–caregiver interactions, elephants, pragmatism, visitors, zoos
2024
Differences in Mother-Infant Bond and Social Behavior of African Elephant Calves Living In Situ and Ex Situ
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: development, distance keeping, human care, loxodonta africana, wild elephants, zoo elephants
2023
The effect of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on self-directed behaviour, activity budgets, movement patterns, and spatial use in semi-captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: Animal tourism venues, Anthropause, Captive animal welfare, COVID-19, displacement activity, human-animal interactions
2023
From left to right all through the night: Characteristics of lying rest in zoo elephants
From left to right all through the night: Characteristics of lying rest in zoo elephants
Effects of Positive Reinforcement Training and Novel Object Exposure on Salivary Cortisol Levels under Consideration of Individual Variation in Captive African Elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: glucocorticoid response, individuality, physiological stress, zoo elephants
2021
Multiple assessments of personality and problem-solving performance in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: elephants, personality, problem solving
2021
Diurnal variation of salivary cortisol in captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana) under routine management conditions and in relation to a translocation event
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: baseline, captive management, cortisol secretion, social introduction, stress
2020