The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Approach to Assessing and Promoting Animal Welfare in Collaboration with Universities
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare assessment, Five Domains, positive welfare, zoo
2024
Do mixed-species groups of capuchin (Sapajus apella) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) synchronize their behaviour?
Publication/Journal: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Keywords:
2023
Latitudinal and zoo specific zeitgebers influence circadian and circannual rhythmicity of behavior in captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology
Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, breeding, circadian, circannual, zeitgeber, zoo
2023
Understanding Circadian and Circannual Behavioral Cycles of Captive Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Can Help to Promote Good Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, breeding, captive, circadian, circannual
2023
The effect of pack separation on social relationships and behaviour in captive African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: african wild dog, behaviour, captive management, social relationships, welfare
2019
Exploration of potential triggers for self-directed behaviours and regurgitation and reingestion in zoo-housed chimpanzees
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, anxiety-related behaviour, chimpanzees, regurgitation and reingestion, scratching, yawning
2019
Common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) personality
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: animal breeding, animal personality, interspecies interaction, primates (nonhuman)
2017
Is mixed-species living cognitively enriching? Enclosure use and welfare in two captive groups of tufted capuchins (Sapajus apella) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: cognitive challenges, mixed species zoo exhibit, saimiri, sapajus, social enrichment, welfare
2017
The long-term impact of infant rearing background on the affective state of adult common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: *cognitive bias, affective state, anhedonia, animal welfare, marmosets, rearing
2016
Capuchin monkeys with similar personalities have higher-quality relationships independent of age, sex, kinship and rank
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: cebus apella, homophily, partner compatibility, sociability, social rank, temperament
2015