Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo
2024
How Sanctuary Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Use Space after Being Introduced to a Large Outdoor Habitat
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: indoor/outdoor enclosures, space use, species-typical behavior, welfare
2023
Record, Recall, Reflect: A Qualitative Examination of Compassion Fatigue in Toronto Zoo Staff
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal care, compassion fatigue, human-animal interaction, Photovoice, qualitative research
2023
The Role of Learning and Training for Ageing Animal Care and Wellbeing
Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care
Keywords: aging, animal care, animal welfare, geriatric, learning, training
2023
The Role of Preventative Medicine Programs in Animal Welfare and Wellbeing in Zoological Institutions
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, animal wellbeing, operant conditioning, preventative medicine
2023
Does the social network structure of wild animal populations differ from that of animals in captivity?
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: captivity, dominance, grooming, network position, social network analysis
2021
Personality in captive killer whales (Orcinus orca): A rating approach based on the five-factor model
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: animal captivity, animal ethology, animal personality, five factor personality model, test construction, whales
2019
Perceptions of Social Responsibility of Prominent Animal Welfare Groups
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, best–worst scaling, perceptions, social responsibility
2018
Friends give benefits: autumn social familiarity preferences predict reproductive output
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: brown-headed cowbird, familiarity, fission–fusion dynamics, reproduction, social dynamics, social network, social niche
2017
Dominance relationships among siamang males living in multimale groups
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: flexible social system, intrasexual competition, mating success, monogamy, polyandry, reproductive skew
2016