A System for Monitoring Acoustics to Supplement an Animal Welfare Plan for Bottlenose Dolphins
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: acoustic monitoring, animal welfare, bioacoustics, communication, distress call, marine mammal, vocal behavior, vocal biomarkers
2021
Effects of crowd size on exhibit use by and behavior of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) at a zoo
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: exhibit design, visitor effects, welfare
2016
Program animal welfare: Using behavioral and physiological measures to assess the well-being of animals used for education programs in zoos
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, armadillo, education program animal, glucocorticoids, handling, substrate
2016
Rates of reinforcement and measures of compliance in free and protected contact elephant management systems
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: choice, elephant, management, welfare
2015
Can Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata) Solve Object Permanence Tasks?
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: black-and-white ruffed lemurs, invisible displacements, object permanence, visible displacements
2013
Giant Panda Welfare in Captivity
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, giant panda
2013
Flexibility and persistence of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) foraging behavior in a captive environment
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: chimpanzee, learning, optimal foraging, social influences, termite fishing
2012
Factors affecting aggression in a captive flock of Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: age differences, aggression, flamingo, same-sex pair bond, sex differences
2011
Food Preference, Keeper Ratings, and Reinforcer Effectiveness in Exotic Animals: The Value of Systematic Testing
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: elephants, food preference, pandas, reinforcer effectiveness
2011
Sex differences in spatial memory ability: a test of the range size hypothesis in the order carnivora
Publication/Journal:
Keywords: cognitive psychology, dissertation/thesis, evolutionary theory, giant panda, otter, range size hypothesis, sex differences, spatial memory
2011