The Animal-Visitor Interaction Protocol (AVIP) for the assessment of Lemur catta walk-in enclosure in zoos
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: animal welfare, AVIP, lemur, zoo
2022
Assessing chimpanzees’ fluency of movement: applications for monitoring health and welfare
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aging, geriatric care, locomotion, mobility, primate, quality of life
2022
Automated Video-Based Analysis Framework for Behavior Monitoring of Individual Animals in Zoos Using Deep Learning—A Study on Polar Bears
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, animal monitoring, animal welfare, behavior observation, deep learning, object detection, ursus maritimus
2022
Behavioural Impact of Captive Management Changes in Three Species of Testudinidae
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: behaviour, diversity index, enrichment, ethogram, reptile, tortoise, welfare
2022
Confronting back-of-house traditions: Primates as a case study
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: 24/7, animal welfare, back-of-house (BOH), integrated zoo design model, primate research laboratory, primate sanctuary, primates, zoo, zoo design
2022
Day Time Activity Budgets, Height Utilization and Husbandry of Two Zoo-Housed Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroos (Dendrolagus goodfellowi buergersi)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: activity budget, behaviour, Dendrolagus, enclosure use, tree kangaroo, understudied
2022
Do Birds of a Feather Always Flock Together? Assessing Differences in Group and Individual Zoo Enclosure Usage by Comparing Commonly Available Methods
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: Electivity Index, enclosure usage, flamingo, social behaviour, Spread of participation index, zoo animal welfare, zoo enclosure
2022
Does Handling for Public Talks in Zoos Affect the Behaviour of Captive Mexican Red-Kneed Spiders Brachypelma hamorii?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: activity, enclosure use, handling, invertebrate, spiders, welfare
2022
Does Observer Presence Modify the Behavior and Enclosure Use of Captive Edwards’ Pheasants?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: enclosure use, Lophura edwardsi, pheasantry, Spread of participation index, welfare
2022
Does the sound environment influence the behaviour of zoo-housed birds? A preliminary investigation of ten species across two zoos
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: animal behaviour, soundscape, visitor effect, welfare, zoo sound
2022