Assessing preferences of two zoo‐housed Aldabran giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) for three stimuli using a novel preference test
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, giant tortoise, preference testing, reptile behavior, tortoise, zoo animals
2020
Total Eclipse of the Zoo: Animal Behavior during a Total Solar Eclipse
Given the Cold Shoulder: A Review of the Scientific Literature for Evidence of Reptile Sentience
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, cognition, emotion, exotic pet trade, lizard, reptile, sentience, snake, tortoise, turtle
2019
Nutrition and husbandry conditions of Palearctic tortoises (Testudo spp.) in captivity
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: chelonian, diet, European tortoises, keeping, pyramidal growth syndrome
2019
Chelonian perivitelline membrane-bound sperm detection: A new breeding management tool
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: chelonian, conservation, fertility assessment, pvm, sperm, tortoise, turtle
2016
Husbandry and propagation of the Chinese big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive breeding, hibernation, incubation
2016
Enriching Tortoises: Assessing Color Preference
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: color preference, tortoise
2014
Lineage identification and genealogical relationships among captive Galápagos tortoises
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive and wild-born lineage identification, chelonoidis, galapagos, microsatellites, tortoise
2012
Radial-arm-maze behavior of the red-footed tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: cognitive map, radial-arm maze, response stereotypy, spatial cognition, tortoises
2012
Variation in Growth and Potentially Associated Health Status in Hermann’s and Spur-Thighed Tortoise (Testudo hermanni and Testudo graeca)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: diet, herbivory, pyramiding, reptile
2012