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
Increasing browse and social complexity can improve zoo elephant welfare
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: behavior, diet, ex situ, loxodonta africana, management, social
2020
Physiological measure of animal welfare in relation to semi-captive African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) interaction programs
Publication/Journal: African Zoology
Keywords: conservation, elephant, endocrinology, faecal, physiology, stress
2020
Body Condition Scores (BCS) in European zoo elephants’ (Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus) lifetimes – a longitudinal analysis
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: body condition scoring, longitudinal analysis, zoo elephant
2019
Impact of a new exhibit on stereotypic behavior in an elderly captive African elephant
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: elephant, new exhibit, stereotypic behaviour
2019
Individual and environmental risk factors associated with fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in zoo-housed Asian and African elephants
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: behavior, choice, hormones, indicators, maximus, noninvasive assessment, Salivary cortisol secretion, serum, stress responses, welfare
2019