Does Accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Correlate with Animal Welfare Act Compliance?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: accreditation, animal welfare, aza, oversight, zoo
2022
Spatial Design of Guest Feeding Programs and Their Effects on Giraffe Participation and Social Interactions
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal social structure, animal welfare, giraffes, habitat design, human-animal interactions
2020
The potential beneficial effect of classical music on heart rate variability in dogs used in veterinary training
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: classical music, dogs, heart rate variability, stress, welfare
2019
Exposing avian embryos to light affects post-hatch anti-predator fear responses
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: avian, embryo, fear, incubation, lateralization, light
2017
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
Improved capture of stable flies (Diptera: Muscidae) by placement of knight stick sticky fly traps protected by electric fence inside animal exhibit yards at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: biting fly, fly management, pesticide-free trap, solar power, stomoxys calcitrans
2017
A comparison of activity patterns for captive Propithecus tattersalli and Propithecus coquereli
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: allogrooming, coquerel's sifaka, female dominance, golden-crowned sifaka, lemur, social behavior
2016
Male-male affiliation and cooperation characterize the social behavior of the large-bodied pitheciids, Chiropotes and Cacajao: A review
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: affiliation, cooperation, dispersal, kinship, large groups
2016
Mixed-species associations in cuxiús (genus Chiropotes)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: bearded sakis, brazil, guyana, polyspecific association, suriname
2016
Non-ovarian aromatization is required to activate female sexual motivation in testosterone-treated ovariectomized quail
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: approach behavior, aromatase activity, female sexual behavior, japanese quail, partner preference, tamoxifen, vorozole
2016