Access to Multiple Habitats Improves Welfare: A Case Study of Two Zoo-Housed Black Bears (Ursus americanus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: american black bear, animal welfare, carnivore, choice and control, environmental enrichment, zoo
2023
Social Reward Behaviour in Two Groups of European Grey Wolves (Canis lupus lupus)—A Case Study
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: behavioural chains, Canis lupus lupus, mammals, novel object, prosociality, social behavior, social reward, wolves
2023
Age‐based variation in calf independence, social behavior and play in a captive population of African elephant calves
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: african elephant, age, behavioral development, cross-sectional, early social behavior, play
2021
Age‐based variation in calf independence, social behavior and play in a captive population of African elephant calves
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, interaction, ontogeny, sociality
2021
Application of a welfare assessment tool (Shelter Quality Protocol) in 64 Italian long-term dogs’ shelters: welfare hazard analysis
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, assessment, domestic dog, hazard analysis, protocol, shelter
2019
The representativeness of a semi-random sampling method for animal welfare assessments on mink farms
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, feasibility, mink, on-farm welfare assessment, simulation study, welfur
2019
Assessing the dyadic social relationships of female african (Loxodonta africana) and asian (Elephas maximus) zoo elephants using proximity, tactile contact, and keeper surveys
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: keeper surveys, proximity, social behavior, social bonds, zoo elephants
2018
Urinary oxytocin levels in relation to post-conflict affiliations in wild male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: bystander affiliation, oxytocin, reconciliation, relationship repair
2018
Aggression and hormones are associated with heterogeneity in parasitism and parasite dynamics in the brown mouse lemur
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: behaviour, cortisol, lice, madagascar, primate, testosterone
2017
Aggressiveness in group-housed rabbit does: Influence of group size and pen characteristics
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: bayesian inference, behaviour, collective housing, reproducing rabbit does
2017