Using behavioral observations and genetic markers to characterize the flexible reproductive system in an ex situ population of carmine bee-eaters (Merops n. nubicus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: behaviour, colony, parentage, population, relatedness, reproduction
2017
Chelonian perivitelline membrane-bound sperm detection: A new breeding management tool
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: chelonian, conservation, fertility assessment, pvm, sperm, tortoise, turtle
2016
Reproductive success in the Lusitanian toadfish: Influence of calling activity, male quality and experimental design
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: acoustic communication, androgen, condition, mate choice, parentage analysis, teleost fish
2016
Genetic analysis reveals multiple parentage in captive reared eastern hellbender salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: amphibian breeding, captive management, cryptobranchidae, head-starting, microsatellite DNA
2015
Paternity testing using microsatellite DNA markers in captive Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: cross-species amplification, extra-pair paternity, null alleles, paternity exclusion probability, probability of identity, spheniscidae
2014
Identifying parentage using molecular markers: Improving accuracy of studbook records for a captive flock of marabou storks (Leptoptilus crumeniferus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive breeding, extra-pair paternity, microsatellite, parentage, pedigree, studbook
2013
Intrasexual competition and female dominance in a singular breeding mammal, the Alpine marmot
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: alpine marmot, female competition, marmota marmota, reproductive life span, reproductive skew, reproductive suppression, sexual selection
2013
Parthenogenesis in a Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria cenchria)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: automixis, microsatellite, parentage, sperm storage, vasectomy
2013
Female aggregation interacts with population structure to influence the degree of polygyny in red deer
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: cervus-elaphus, harem, mating system, parentage, red deer, sexual selection
2011
Comparison of Adoption Agency Breed Identification and DNA Breed Identification of Dogs
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: dog breed identification
2009