Providing baseline data for conservation–Heart rate monitoring in captive scimitar-horned oryx

Authors: Peter Leimgruber, Nucharin Songsasen, Jared A Stabach, Megan Horning, Dolores Reed, Tara Buk, Arielle Harwood, Lawrence Layman, Christopher Mathews, Morgan Vance

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Physiology

Keywords: heart rate monitoring, oryx

2023

Visitors and observers otter‐ly influence the behavior and enclosure use of zoo‐housed giant otters

Authors: James E Brereton, Edward ML Jones, Connor McMillan, Kerry Perkins

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: giant otter, observer effect, visitor effect

2023

Behavioral Assessment of Six Reptile Species during a Temporary Zoo Closure and Reopening

Authors: Jennifer Hamilton, Kylen N. Gartland, Megan Jones, Grace Fuller

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: COVID-19, reptile welfare, visitor effects, zoo animal behavior

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

Primate cognition in zoos: Reviewing the impact of zoo‐based research over 15 years

Authors: Emma S McEwen, Elizabeth Warren, Sadie Tenpas, Benjamin Jones, Kresimir Durdevic, Emilie Rapport Munro, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: cognition, primate, zoo

2022

Welfare Assessment Tools in Zoos: From Theory to Practice

Authors: Narelle Jones, Sally L. Sherwen, Rachel Robbins, David J. McLelland, Alexandra L. Whittaker

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Sciences

Keywords: animal-based, Five Domains, resource-based, scoring, validity, zoo animal welfare

2022

Zoo Closure Does Not Affect Behavior and Activity Patterns of Palawan Binturong (Arctictis binturong whitei)

Authors: Katherine Finch, Megan Leary, Lisa Holmes, Leah J Williams

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: 24h monitoring, COVID-19, understudied, visitor effect, visitor–animal interactions, welfare

2022

Behavioral Implications of the Complete Absence of Guests on a Zoo-Housed Gorilla Troop

Authors: Megan E Miller, Caeley M Robinson, Susan W Margulis

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: activity budget, gorilla, visitor effects

2021

Effects of visitor presence and crowd size on zoo-housed red kangaroos (Macropus rufus) during and after a COVID-19 closure

Authors: M Jones, KN Gartland, G Fuller

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: macropods, Red kangaroo, visitor effects, walk-through habitat, welfare, zoo

2021