Contrasting results from molecular and pedigree-based population diversity measures in captive zebra highlight challenges facing genetic management of zoo populations
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive breeding, genetic diversity, molecular genetic analysis, pedigree analysis
2017
The flehmen response and pseudosuckling in a captive, juvenile Southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: flehmen, olfaction, pheromone, sea otter, stereotypy
2017
From play to proficiency: The ontogeny of stone-tool use in coastal-foraging long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) from a comparative perception-action perspective
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: *animal foraging behavior, *animal learning, *tool use, animal ethology, animal play, monkeys
2017
The influence of breed and environmental factors on social and solitary play in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)
Publication/Journal: Learning & Behavior
Keywords: attention, breed, dog, environmental, predatory motor pattern, proximate mechanism, social play, solitary play, toy
2017
Integrating Tinbergen’s inquiries: Mimicry and play in humans and other social mammals
Publication/Journal: Learning & Behavior
Keywords: apes, dogs, emotional contagion, ethological perspective, homo sapiens, monkeys, seals
2017
Positive perception of human stroking by lambs: Qualitative behaviour assessment confirms previous interpretation of quantitative data
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: human-animal relationship, lamb, qualitative behaviour assessment, stroking
2017
Saving the mountain bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci): Assessment of the genetic status of captive bongos as a source for genetic reinforcement of wild populations
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: bongo, genetic augmentation, microsatellites, one plan approach, tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci
2017
Towards a taxonomy of stereotypic behaviours in the American mink (Neovison vison), a model Carnivore: Homogeneous or heterogeneous?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: abnormal repetitive behaviour, american mink, animal welfare, behavioural sequence, ethogram, stereotypic behaviour
2017
Analysis of the distal gut bacterial community by 454-pyrosequencing in captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: 16s rrna, giraffe, gut, microbiome, pyrosequencing
2016
Genetic differentiation in proboscis monkeys—A reanalysis
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: genetics, mtdna, nasalis larvatus
2016