The Impacts of a Commercial Bubble Curtain on Zoo-Housed African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) Swimming Behavior
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, penguin, swimming, temperature, zoos
2023
Behavioural patterns in zoo-housed Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) revealed using long-term keeper-collected data: validation of approaches and improved husbandry
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity budget, captivity, ethogram, seasonal patterns, visitor effects, weather
2022
Fecal glucocorticoid analysis as a health monitoring tool for endangered African penguins (Spheniscus demersus)
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: african penguin, breeding, corticosterone, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, molt, noninvasive
2022
The effect of different types of environmental enrichment on Humboldt penguin Spheniscus humboldti behaviour
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: enrichment, feed, island, minnows, penguins, sticks
2021
The Effects of Live Feeding on Swimming Activity and Exhibit Use in Zoo Humboldt Penguins (Spheniscus humboldti)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, exhibit use, live feeding, penguin, swimming activity, zoo
2021
Sex and Age Differences in Activity Budgets in a Population of Captive African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: African penguins, aquatic birds, Captive animal behavior, endangered animal welfare
2021
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
Evaluating the Behavior and Temperament of African Penguins in a Non-Contact Animal Encounter Program
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: ambassador animals, behavior, spheniscus demersus, temperament, welfare
2019
Chicks produced in the Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) after cloacal insemination of frozen-thawed semen
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: artificial insemination, avian, conservation, cryobank, cryopreservation, penguin
2016
Husbandry and enclosure influences on penguin behavior and conservation breeding
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: exhibit design, fecundity, glm, sphenisciformes, swimming, welfare
2016