Inter-aviary distance and visual access influence conservation breeding outcomes in a territorial, endangered bird
Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation
Keywords: animal husbandry, conservation breeding, enclosure design, endangered birds, Hawaiian crow, social density
2020
Using faecal glucocorticoid metabolite analyses to elucidate stressors of African wild dogs Lycaon pictus from South Africa
Publication/Journal: Wildlife Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, body condition scoring, faecal glucocorticoid metabolite monitoring, managed metapopulation, stress, wildlife management
2020
Body Condition Scores (BCS) in European zoo elephants’ (Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus) lifetimes – a longitudinal analysis
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: body condition scoring, longitudinal analysis, zoo elephant
2019
Complexities of Using Wild versus Captive Activity Budget Comparisons for Assessing Captive Primate Welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animals, behavior, primates, well-being, zoos
2019
Farm Animal Cognition—Linking Behavior, Welfare and Ethics
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cattle, enrichment, goats, horses, human-animal interactions, pigs, sheep
2019
Impact of a new exhibit on stereotypic behavior in an elderly captive African elephant
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: elephant, new exhibit, stereotypic behaviour
2019
Motion Illusions as Environmental Enrichment for Zoo Animals: A Preliminary Investigation on Lions (Panthera leo)
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, Rotating Snake illusion, visual illusions, zoo animals
2019
Soft and persistent-The influence of sand-flooring and calves on the resting behavior of a zoo-kept African elephant (Loxodonta africana) group
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: lying and leaning rest, sand flooring, zoo elephants
2019
Visual body condition scoring in zoo animals – composite, algorithm and overview approaches
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: body condition scoring (bcs), elephas maximus, loxodonta africana, weight monitoring, zoo animal
2017
Chronic corticosterone treatment enhances extinction-induced depression in aged rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: acth, chronic stress, corticosterone, depression model, despair, extinction, goal tracking
2016