Biological and Management-Related Predictors of Reproductive Success in North American Ex Situ Asian Small-Clawed Otters (Aonyx cinereus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: breeding programs, deslorelin, habitat complexity, mate incompatibility, reproductive viability analysis (RVA), reversibility, Suprelorin, zoo
2023
Genetic and environmental parameters for behavioural responses towards humans in farmed ostriches
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, heritability, human-animal relationship, ostrich
2023
Visitors and observers otter‐ly influence the behavior and enclosure use of zoo‐housed giant otters
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: giant otter, observer effect, visitor effect
2023
Material and food exploration by zoo‐housed animals can inform cognition and enrichment apparatus design
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, cognition, enrichment, zoo
2022
Use of Blood Lactate in Assessment of Manual Capture Techniques of Zoo-Housed Crocodilians
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: captivity, physiology, reptile, restraint, welfare, wellbeing
2022
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) show subtle signs of uncertainty when choices are more difficult
Publication/Journal: Cognition
Keywords: chimpanzee, epistemic emotions, feelings of uncertainty, procedural metacognition, transitive inference
2021
Enrichment devices for green turtles (Chelonia mydas) reared in captivity programs
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: enrichment device, environmental enrichment, green turtles, wounding
2021
An evaluation of interactive projections as digital enrichment for orangutans
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: Digital enrichment, environmental enrichment, orangutan, positive reinforcement
2021
Multiple assessments of personality and problem-solving performance in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: elephants, personality, problem solving
2021
Body Contacts and Social Interactions in Captive Odontocetes Are Influenced by the Context: An Implication for Welfare Assessment
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: agonistic interaction, bottlenose dolphin, emotional state, finless porpoise, pectoral fin contact, socio-sexual interaction
2020