Enhancing welfare in a mixed exhibit: The impact of dispersed whole food on activity levels and feeding behaviours of Mexican military macaws and red-billed curassows
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: behaviour, bird, captive animals, chopped food, enrichment, Feeding techniques, Whole food
2023
Mirror, mirror on the wall… How tank material and the presence of “enrichments” affect competition and agonism in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, agonism, environmental enrichment, fish welfare, Zebrafish husbandry
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
Agonistic behavior and feeding competition in the largest piranha species, Pygocentrus piraya, in a zoo
Publication/Journal: Journal of Ethology
Keywords: agonistic behavior, feeding competition, piranha, zoo
2022
Does the social network structure of wild animal populations differ from that of animals in captivity?
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: captivity, dominance, grooming, network position, social network analysis
2021
“How not to judge a deer by its cover”: a personality assessment study on captive adult red deer males (Cervus elaphus)
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: cervids, dominance hierarchy, personality assessment, questionnaires, red deer
2021
Animal Welfare in Predator Control: Lessons from Land and Sea. How the Management of Terrestrial and Marine Mammals Impacts Wild Animal Welfare in Human–Wildlife Conflict Scenarios in Europe
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, human–wildlife conflict, pest, predator, welfare assessment, welfare domains, welfare impact, wildlife
2020
Preference for saline water of an amphidromous goby maintained during migration to upstream freshwater areas
Publication/Journal: Journal of Fish Biology
Keywords: amphidromy, choice experiment, euryhalinity, Gymnogobius, physiological ecology, proximate cause
2020
Boldness at the nest predicts foraging and diving behaviour of female but not male African penguins
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: at-sea behaviour, breeding success, chick growth, endangered species, personality types, resource acquisition
2019
Compassionate versus consequentialist conservation
Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology
Keywords: animal ethics, culling, harvesting, human–wildlife conflict, overabundance, wildlife management
2019