Group structure and individual relationships of sanctuary-living Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri)
Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE
Keywords: animal sociality, centrality, collective animal behavior, eigenvectors, female contraception, gorillas, primates, social networks
2024
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
Comparing Predictors and Outcomes of Higher Allostatic Load across Zoo-Housed African Great Apes
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: biomarkers, bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, morbidity, mortality, stress
2023
Integrating Reference Intervals into Chimpanzee Welfare Research
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral diversity, glucocorticoids, immunoglobulin a, reference interval
2023
Behavioural patterns in zoo-housed Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) revealed using long-term keeper-collected data: validation of approaches and improved husbandry
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity budget, captivity, ethogram, seasonal patterns, visitor effects, weather
2022
The effects of Zoo Lights on animal welfare: A case study of great Indian hornbills at Denver Zoo
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: after hours events, animal welfare, hornbills, zoo lights
2022
Social games that belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) play
Publication/Journal: International Journal of Play
Keywords: beluga, cooperation, object play, social play, white whale
2022
Impacts of environmental and human disturbances on behaviour of captive kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
Publication/Journal: New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Keywords: apteryx mantelli, disturbance of captive animals, noise, pacing, visitor management
2021
Nature calls: intelligence and natural foraging style predict poor welfare in captive parrots
Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, captive breeding, parrots, phylogenetic comparative methods, stress
2021
Allostatic Load Indices With Cholesterol and Triglycerides Predict Disease and Mortality Risk in Zoo-Housed Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: Biomarker Insights
Keywords: animal welfare, cardiac disease, chronic conditions, lipid markers, nonhuman primates
2020