Group structure and individual relationships of sanctuary-living Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri)
Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE
Keywords: animal sociality, centrality, collective animal behavior, eigenvectors, female contraception, gorillas, primates, social networks
2024
Welfare and Clinical Assessment on Physical Captures Followed by Anesthesia in Apennine Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: acepromazine, blood gas analysis, capture, chemical immobilization, conservation, medetomidine-ketamine, physical capture, Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata, stress
2023
24/7 behaviour and welfare of giraffes
Publication/Journal: BIAZA Research Symposium, Date: 2021/07/13-2021/07/14, Location: Online
Keywords: behavior, giraffes, nocturnal behavior, rumination, welfare
2021
Assessment of animal management and habitat characteristics associated with social behavior in bottlenose dolphins across zoological facilities
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: animal behavior, animal sociality, behavior, data management, dolphins, habitats, oceans, swimming
2021
Biological and environmental factors as sources of variation in nocturnal behavior of giraffe
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: activity budget, giraffe, linear mixed modeling, nocturnal behavior, sleep behavior
2021
Localize Animal Sound Events Reliably (LASER): A New Software for Sound Localization in Zoos
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: acoustic multilateration, animal detection, animal sounds, animal welfare, behavioral research, bioacoustics, non-invasive, sound localization, TDOA, vocalization
2021
Monitoring the welfare of giraffes in two Belgian zoos
Publication/Journal: BIAZA Research Symposium
Keywords: giraffes, interspecific aggression, oral stereotypies, positive welfare indicators, welfare
2021
Using Keeper Questionnaires to Capture Zoo-Housed Tiger (Panthera tigris) Personality: Considerations for Animal Management
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: amur tiger, animal husbandry, Keeper expertise, personality, sumatran tiger, welfare
2021
A retrospective study of mortality in Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in UK zoos
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: carcinoma, disease, European, felid, zoological
2019
Long term vs. short term impact of founder relatedness on gene diversity and inbreeding within the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) of the red panda (Ailurus f. fulgens)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: breeding programs, eep, genetic diversity, genetic management, inbreeding, red panda
2017