Stereotypic behaviours in Melopsittacus undulatus: Behavioural consequences of social and spatial limitations
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, environmental enrichments, melopsittacus undulatus, parrot, psycho-physical stress, stereotypy
2015
Male mate preference is influenced by both female behaviour and morphology
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: courtship, eastern fence lizard, female behaviour, male choice, proceptivity, sceloporus undulatus
2013
Validation of a Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Assay to Assess Stress in the Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: acth challenge, avian, budgerigar, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, radioimmunoassay, stress
2013
Auditory disturbances promote temporal clustering of yawning and stretching in small groups of budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: arousal, collective behavior, contagious behavior, vigilance
2012
Evidence for Contagious Behaviors in Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): An Observational Studyof Yawning and Stretching
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: contagion, imitation, response facilitation, signal, social coordination, stretching, yawning
2012
Does environmental enrichment really matter? A case study using the eastern fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, growth, reptile, stress
2011
Invader danger: Lizards faced with novel predators exhibit an altered behavioral response to stress
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: behavior, corticosterone, invasive, reptile
2011
The direction and range of ambient temperature change influences yawning in budgerigars (melopsittacus undulatus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: ambient-temperature, brain cooling, melopsittacus undulatus, thermoregulation, yawning
2010
Plumage maintenance affects ultraviolet colour and female preference in the budgerigar
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: condition-dependent trait, melopsittacus undulatus, ornaments, plumage reflectance, preening, sexual selection
2010
Imitative pecking by budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus, over a 24 h delay
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: associative sequence learning, budgerigar, delayed imitation, imitation, melopsittacus undulatus, pecking, response facilitation, stepping, two-action test, video stimulus
2009