Allostatic Load Indices With Cholesterol and Triglycerides Predict Disease and Mortality Risk in Zoo-Housed Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: Biomarker Insights
Keywords: animal welfare, cardiac disease, chronic conditions, lipid markers, nonhuman primates
2020
Post-natal development of EEG responses to noxious stimulation in pigs (Sus scrofa) aged 1–15 days
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, eeg, nociception, pain, pig, tail docking
2019
Taking the aggravation out of data aggregation: A conceptual guide to dealing with statistical issues related to the pooling of individual-level observational data
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: aggregation, ecological fallacy, linear mixed modeling, observation methods, pseudoreplication, simpson's paradox
2015
Human–animal relationships in zoo-housed orangutans (P. abelii) and gorillas (G. g. gorilla): The effects of familiarity
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: gorilla, great ape, human-animal interaction, human-animal relationships, orangutan, social relationships
2014
Assortative mating by size without a size-based preference: the female-sooner norm as a mate-guarding criterion
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: amplexus, crustacean, inferential fallacy, male mate choice, male-taller norm, size-assortative mating, state-dependent preference, time left to moult
2013
Pseudoreplication: a widespread problem in primate communication research
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: ape, facial expression, gesture, monkey, pooling fallacy, pseudoreplication, statistics, vocalization
2013
Pseudoreplication conventions are testable hypotheses
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: pseudoreplication commentary, statistical independence, testable hypotheses
2009
BIAZA statistics guidelines: toward a common application of statistical tests for zoo research
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: g tests, nonparametric, randomization tests, single case, small n
2008
Convergence of calls as animals form social bonds, active compensation for noisy communication channels, and the evolution of vocal learning in mammals
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: noise compensation, vocal convergence, vocal learning, vocal production learning
2008
In the deep end: pooling data and other statistical challenges of zoo and aquarium research
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive research, pseudoreplication, research design, statistics
2006