Effects of Crowd Size, Composition, and Noise Level On Pool Use in a Mixed-Species Penguin Colony
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: behavior, decibel, visitor effects, welfare, zoo
2021
Comparative Personality Traits Assessment of Three Species of Communally Housed Captive Penguins
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: aptenodytes patagonicus, Eudyptes moseleyi, personality-traits, Pygocelis papua
2019
Validation and welfare assessment of flipper-mounted time-depth recorders for monitoring penguins in zoos and aquariums
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: bio-logging, data-loggers, gentoo penguin, king penguin, macaroni penguin, rockhopper penguin
2019
Socially-induced variation in physiological mediators of parental care in a colonial bird
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: antioxidants, ecophysiology, hormones, parental care, social environment, sociophysiology
2017
The effect of the zoo setting on the behavioural diversity of captive gentoo penguins and the implications for their educational potential
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: behavioral diversity, environmental enrichment, gentoo penguins, visitor presence
2016
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
Decreased prolactin levels reduce parental commitment, egg temperatures, and breeding success of incubating male Adélie penguins
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: bromocriptine, corticosterone, egg rotation rate, egg temperature, incubation behavior, parental care, prolactin, pygoscelis adeliae, seabird
2013
Elevated corticosterone levels and severe weather conditions decrease parental investment of incubating Adélie penguins
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: egg temperature and rotation rate, glucocorticoids, incubation behaviour, pygoscelis adeliae, seabird, weather conditions
2013
Sex Identification of Four Penguin Species Using Locus-Specific PCR
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aptenodytes patagonicus, chd1, eudyptes chrysocome, pygoscelis papua, spheniscus magellanicus
2013
Geographic variation in beak colouration in gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua
Publication/Journal: Polar Biology
Keywords: antarctica, carotenoid, colour trait, contaminants, gentoo penguin, geographic variation, krill, ultraviolet
2012