Enrichment and animal age, not biological variables, predict positive welfare indicators in zoo-housed carnivores
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, affective state, behaviour, captive, interaction, Phylogenetic, play
2024
Group structure and individual relationships of sanctuary-living Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri)
Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE
Keywords: animal sociality, centrality, collective animal behavior, eigenvectors, female contraception, gorillas, primates, social networks
2024
Environmental enrichment for reptiles in European zoos: Current status and perspectives
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, reptiles, survey, taxonomic bias, zoos
2023
Exploration of Social Proximity and Behavior in Captive Malayan Tigers and Their Cubs
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: affiliative, felidae, Panthera tigris jacksoni, sociality, solitary, tiger, tolerance, welfare
2023
Exploring the behaviors and social preferences of a large, multigenerational herd of zoo-housed southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ceratotherium, social behavior, welfare, zoo animal
2023
A Gecko-eye View of Naturalistic Enclosures
Publication/Journal: Insights Biol Med.
Keywords: enclosure design, Lygodactylus williamsi, naturalism, reptile behaviour, visitor perception
2023
Manatees in Zoological Parks throughout the World: History, State, and Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: behaviour, cognition, ecology, management, manatee, welfare, zoos
2023
A review of interspecific social play among nonhuman animals
Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Keywords: animal play, cognition, communication, Heterospecific play, Interspecies play, Reddit, social play, species recognition, youtube
2023
UVB-emitting LEDs for reptile lighting: Identifying the risks of nonsolar UV spectra
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: hypervitaminosis D, photo-kerato-conjunctivitis, previtamin D3, vitamin d3
2023
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) weight gain in captivity and implications for captive reptile body condition
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: alligator, body condition, captivity
2022