Captive Management and Reproduction of the Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus balios)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: atelopus, captive management, conservation, temperature cycling
2024
Does zoo visitor presence and noise impact the behaviour and enclosure use of zoo-housed Siamese crocodiles? A case study
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: crocodilian, Electivity Index, enclosure design, post-occupancy evaluation, visitor presence
2024
An Ecological and Neural Argument for Developing Pursuit-Based Cognitive Enrichment for Sea Lions in Human Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: cognitive enrichment, enrichment, goal-based cognition, hunting, pursuit, sea lions
2024
A frog in hot water: the effect of temperature elevation on the adrenal stress response of an African amphibian
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: bullfrog, Mucous, non-invasive, stress response, Thermal stressor, weight loss
2024
Home is where the home range is: Identifying territoriality and exhibit preferences in an ex-situ group of all-male Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, collective animal behavior, crocodiles, geographic information systems, habitat, islands, network analysis
2024
Investigating the relationship between abiotic factors and the behaviour of an All-Male Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Group
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: Abiotic influences, animal behaviour, animal welfare, Crocodilian behaviour, reptile welfare
2024
Mitigating the Effects of Maternal Loss on Harbour Seal Pups in Captive Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: captive care, harbour seal, orphan pups, sensitive period, social interaction
2024
The use of a simple and practical water-based enrichment in a pair of lion-tailed macaques
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: environmental enrichment, evaluating enrichment, macaca silenus, primate, zoo
2024
Behaviors related to positive, neutral, or negative valence in Odocoileus virginianus in below ground level or ground level exhibitor and influx of visitors
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: animal welfare, visitor effects, white-tailed deer, zoo
2023
Behaviors related to positive, neutral, or negative valence in Odocoileus virginianus in below-ground-level or ground-level exhibitor and influx of visitors
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: Crowd noise, Exhibitor environment, habituation, ungulates, Visitors’ influx
2023