Choice-based severity scale (CSS): assessing the relative severity of procedures from a laboratory animal’s perspective
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: animal behavior, neuroscience, veterinary medicine, zoology
2024
From left to right all through the night: Characteristics of lying rest in zoo elephants
From left to right all through the night: Characteristics of lying rest in zoo elephants
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
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
A cage-based training, cognitive testing and enrichment system optimized for rhesus macaques in neuroscience research
Publication/Journal: Behavior Research Methods
Keywords: acquisition, animal, animal welfare, automated testing, baboons papio-papio, behavioral management, cognitive neuroscience, computerized test systems, cortex, environmental enrichment, experimental, housing, macaca-mulatta, mathematical, monkey, mt neurons, non-human primates, parietal, performance, psychology, receptive-field, representation
2017
Feeding practices for captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Europe: A survey in EEP zoos
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: browse, concentrate, dietary proportion, dry matter intake, forage, produce
2017
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
Territorial aggression reduces vigilance but increases aggression towards predators in a cooperatively breeding fish
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: antipredator behaviour, cichlid fish, computer animation, predation risk, territory defence, trade-off
2016
Testosterone-dependency of male solo song in a duetting songbird — Evidence from females
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: cooperative breeding, seasonal, song, songbird, testosterone, tropics
2013