Getting to the Meat of It: The Effects of a Captive Diet upon the Skull Morphology of the Lion and Tiger
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: captivity, conservation, development, linear morphometrics, ontogeny, panthera, phenotypic plasticity, taxonomy, welfare, wild
2023
Mitigating Human Impacts on Wild Animal Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: biodiversity conservation, human impacts, vertebrate wildlife, wild animal welfare, wildlife management
2023
Baseline Behavioral Data and Behavioral Correlates of Disturbance for the Lake Oku Clawed Frog (Xenopus longipes)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: amphibian, behavior, welfare, zoo research
2022
Does Handling for Public Talks in Zoos Affect the Behaviour of Captive Mexican Red-Kneed Spiders Brachypelma hamorii?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: activity, enclosure use, handling, invertebrate, spiders, welfare
2022
The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Monitoring Animal Identification, Health, and Behaviour
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, animal health, artificial intelligence, conservation, identification, monitoring, orangutan, pongo abelii
2022
An Improvement in Enclosure Design Can Positively Impact Welfare, Reduce Aggressiveness and Stabilise Hierarchy in Captive Galapagos Giant Tortoises
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: agonistic interactions, animal welfare, enclosure change, Galapagos tortoises, habituation, zoo-based management
2022
Affective styles and emotional lateralization: A promising framework for animal welfare research
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: affective states, animal welfare, emotional reactivity, emotional regulation, hemispheric dominance, individuality, motivational tendencies, motor lateralization, personality, stable individual traits
2021
Principal Component Analysis as a Novel Method for the Assessment of the Enclosure Use Patterns of Captive Livingstone’s Fruit Bats (Pteropus livingstonii)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: critically endangered, enclosure design, fruit bats, principal component analysis, Spread of participation index, zoo management
2021
Should zoo foods be chopped: macaws for consideration
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: Ara ararauna, avian, evidence-based husbandry, food presentation, keeper time, parrot
2021
Using Keeper Questionnaires to Capture Zoo-Housed Tiger (Panthera tigris) Personality: Considerations for Animal Management
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: amur tiger, animal husbandry, Keeper expertise, personality, sumatran tiger, welfare
2021