From left to right all through the night: Characteristics of lying rest in zoo elephants

Authors: Christian Schiffmann, Linda Hellriegel, Marcus Clauss, Brother Stefan, Kevin Knibbs, Christian Wenker, Therese Hård, Cordula Galeffi

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: elephants, rest, zoo

2022

From left to right all through the night: Characteristics of lying rest in zoo elephants

Authors: Christian Schiffmann, Linda Hellriegel, Marcus Clauss, Brother Stefan, Kevin Knibbs, Christian Wenker, Therese Hård, Cordula Galeffi

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: elephant, rest, sleep, zoo

2022

Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Just Something in the Way? Visual Barriers Do Not Reduce Intraspecific Agonism in an All-Male Group of Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Authors: Austin Leeds, Alex Riley, Megan Terry, Marcus Mazorra, Lindsay Wick, Scott Krug, Kristen Wolfe, Ike Leonard, Andy Daneault, Andrew C Alba

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, evidence-based management, reptile behavior, reptile welfare, visual barriers, zoo exhibit design

2022

Development of an image-based body condition score for giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis and a comparison of zoo-housed and free-ranging individuals

Authors: Irina Clavadetscher, Monica Bond, Louise Martin, Christian Schiffmann, Jean-Michel Hatt, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body condition score, free-ranging giraffe, PMS, zoo

2021

An evaluation of interactive projections as digital enrichment for orangutans

Authors: Marcus Carter, Sally Sherwen, Sarah Webber

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: Digital enrichment, environmental enrichment, orangutan, positive reinforcement

2021

A new feeding concept offering speciesappropriate animal enrichment and visitor attraction at the same time

Authors: Viktoria Michel, Marcus Clauss, Dennis WH Müller, Sven Hammer

Publication/Journal: Der Zoologische Garten NF

Keywords: activity budget, animal welfare, enrichment, human-animal interactions, visitor feeding experience

2021

Body Condition Scores (BCS) in European zoo elephants’ (Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus) lifetimes – a longitudinal analysis

Authors: Christian Schiffmann, Marcus Clauss, Stefan Hoby, Daryl Codron, Jean-Michel Hatt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body condition scoring, longitudinal analysis, zoo elephant

2019

Digestive physiology of captive capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Authors: Ali Kiani, Marcus Clauss, Sylvia Ortmann, Catharina Vendl, Elizabeth R. Congdon, Emilio A. Herrera, Michael Kreuzer, Angela Schwarm

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, hindgut fermenters, methane, passage kinetics

2019

Impact of a new exhibit on stereotypic behavior in an elderly captive African elephant

Authors: Christian Schiffmann, Marcus Clauss, Stefan Hoby

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: elephant, new exhibit, stereotypic behaviour

2019

Soft and persistent-The influence of sand-flooring and calves on the resting behavior of a zoo-kept African elephant (Loxodonta africana) group

Authors: Christian Schiffmann, Therese Hard, Madeleine Hjelm, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: lying and leaning rest, sand flooring, zoo elephants

2019