A preliminary global investigation into potential impacts on successful captive breeding for two species of Rhyticeros hornbill
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: breeding success, evidence‐based husbandry, Papuan hornbill, questionnaire, wreathed hornbill
2024
Sixty Years of Tinbergen’s Four Questions and Their Continued Relevance to Applied Behaviour and Welfare Research in Zoo Animals: A Commentary
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal management, behavioural ecology, causation, conservation, function, ontogeny, phylogeny, zoo animal husbandry
2024
Age-Related Change in the Association Choices of Two Species of Juvenile Flamingos
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal husbandry, animal welfare, association, behavioural development, enclosure use, flamingo
2023
Assessing the impact of environmental enrichment on behavior in understudied armadillo species: A case study
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, armadillo, environmental enrichment, evidence-based husbandry, zoo behavior
2023
Behavioral responses of captive brown bears Ursus arctos to the odor of conspecific urine
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: enrichment, Olfactory stimulation, stereotypic behavior, ursidae, zoos
2023
Changes in Environment and Management Practices Improve Foot Health in Zoo-Housed Flamingos
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: bumblefoot, enclosure design, pododermatitis, welfare, zoo enclosure
2023
Identifying Essential Elements of Good Giraffe Welfare—Can We Use Knowledge of a Species’ Fundamental Needs to Develop Welfare-Focused Husbandry?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords:
2023
Individual personality predicts social network assemblages in a colonial bird
Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports
Keywords: animal welfare, birds, personality, social network, zoo
2023
Wing condition does not negatively impact time budget, enclosure usage, or social bonds in a flock of both full-winged and flight-restrained greater flamingos
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: behavior, enclosure usage, flamingo, pinioning, social network, welfare, zoo bird
2023
The Zone Overlap Index: A new measure of shared resource use in the zoo
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biol
Keywords: animal, animals, compatibility, enclosure design, housing, humans, mixed-species enclosure, Pianka Niche Overlap Index, proximity, zoo
2023