Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Just Something in the Way? Visual Barriers Do Not Reduce Intraspecific Agonism in an All-Male Group of Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, evidence-based management, reptile behavior, reptile welfare, visual barriers, zoo exhibit design
2022
Captivity and habituation to humans raise curiosity in vervet monkeys
Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition
Keywords: curiosity, habituation, human interaction, neophobia, vervet monkey
2021
Evaluating the Effect of Visitor Presence on Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Behavior
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, visitor effect, zoo
2021
Chimpanzees’(Pan troglodytes) problem-solving skills are influenced by housing facility and captive care duration
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: chimpanzees, experience effect, housing facility, physical cognition, problem-solving skills
2020
Differences in novel food response between Pongo and Pan
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: great apes, neophobia, novel food, social information, sociality
2019
A turtle cognition research demonstration enhances visitor engagement and keeper-animal relationships
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: eastern box turtle, human–animal bond, reptile, training, visitor experience
2017
Assessment of adrenocortical and gonadal hormones in male spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) following capture, restraint and anesthesia
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aldosterone, corticosterone, cortisol, new world primates, stress, testosterone
2013
Frustration Behaviors in Domestic Dogs
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: dogs, fustration behavior
2013
Effects of isolation in adulthood on frustration and anxiety
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: anxiety, extinction, isolation, negative contrast, rats
2012
Aggressive Behavior in Two Different Group-Housing Systems for Pregnant Sows
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: aggression, group housing, pregnant sows
2010