Long-Term Assessment of Captive Chimpanzees: Influence of Social Group Composition, Seasonality and Biographic Background
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: adverse early life experiences, behavior, captive care, chimpanzee, group alterations, group composition, seasonality, social network analysis
2023
Impact of alternating overnight housing conditions on welfare measures in a bachelor group of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: animal welfare, bachelor groups, gorilla, overnight housing
2022
Non-Invasive Assessment of the Seasonal Stress Response to Veterinary Procedures and Transportation of Zoo-Housed Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: behaviour, ex situ, faecal cortisol metabolites, pilosa, season, transport, veterinary check, wildlife
2022
Behavior and Habitat Use Remain Diverse and Variable in Modern Zoological Exhibits over the Long-Term: Case Studies in 5 Species of Ursidae
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: activity budget, bears, behavioral variation, entropy, seasonal, welfare, zoo
2021
The Effect of Visitors on Zoo Reptile Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: ethology, ex situ, human-animal interactions, lockdown, reptile, visitors absence
2021
The Effect of Visitors on Zoo Reptile Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: ethology, ex situ, human-animal interactions, lockdown, reptile, visitors absence
2021
Annual fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in pregnant and pseudopregnant polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in North American zoos
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: cortisol, eia, polar bear, pregnancy test, seasonality, stress
2018
Correlates of androgens in wild male Barbary macaques: Testing the challenge hypothesis
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: androgens, barbary macaques, challenge hypothesis, male-infant affiliation, rank instability
2017
Seasonal mortality in zoo ruminants
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: climate, husbandry, mortality, reproduction, ruminant, seasonality
2017
Social bonds in a flock bird: Species differences and seasonality in social structure in captive flamingo flocks over a 12-month period
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: associations, behaviour, flamingo, non-random relationships, social network analysis
2017