Quantifying animals’ perception of environmental predictability using anticipatory behavior
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biol
Keywords: appetitive behavior, pinniped, predictability, reliable cue, sea lion
2023
A Quantitative Approach for Using Anticipatory Behavior as a Graded Welfare Assessment
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: appetitive behavior, pinniped, sea lion, zoo animal
2022
Assessing Animal Welfare with Behavior: Onward with Caution
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: affect, anticipatory behavior, behavioral context, behavioral diagnosis, behavioral diversity, inductive argument, natural behavior, stereotypy, zoo
2021
Assessing and Enhancing the Welfare of Animals with Equivocal and Reliable Cues
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: *cognitive bias, affective state, agency, anticipatory behavior, appetitive behavior, human-animal relationship, judgement bias
2019
Applying Behavioral Conditioning to Identify Anticipatory Behaviors
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, human-animal interactions, zoo animals
2017
Simple but temporally unpredictable puzzles are cognitive enrichment
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: animal welfare, anticipatory behavior, foraging enrichment, reward schedules
2017
Zoo Foraging Ecology: Preference and Welfare Assessment of Two Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) at the Brookfield Zoo
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral enrichment, giving-up density, okapi, repetitive behavior
2017
Editorial note: On optimism and pessimism in conservation science and messaging
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: conservation philosophy, editorial, messaging
2016
Zoo Visitors’ Affective Responses to Observing Animal Behaviors
Publication/Journal: Visitor Studies
Keywords: environmental enrichment, experiences, hospitality, leisure, personality, sport & tourism
2016
A Multi-Institutional Assessment of Factors Influencing Locomotion and Pacing in Captive Okapis (Okapia johnstoni)
2015