Access to Multiple Habitats Improves Welfare: A Case Study of Two Zoo-Housed Black Bears (Ursus americanus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: american black bear, animal welfare, carnivore, choice and control, environmental enrichment, zoo
2023
Exploring the behaviors and social preferences of a large, multigenerational herd of zoo-housed southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ceratotherium, social behavior, welfare, zoo animal
2023
Linking management practices with survival to improve outcomes for a red wolf population
Publication/Journal: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Keywords: breeding program, red wolves, reintroduction
2023
Southern Sea Otter Rehabilitation: Lessons and Impacts from the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: aquarium, collaboration, southern sea otter, surrogacy, wildlife rehabilitation
2022
Is there any more room on the Ark? An analysis of space allocation in four mammalian taxa
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: collection planning, mission goals, population viability, species selection
2019
Sustainability Index (S-Index): A tool for use in the evaluation and planning of institutional animal collections
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: avian sustainability, collection planning, collection sustainability, demography, taxon advisory group
2019
Dairy goats prefer to use different flooring types to perform different behaviours
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: bacteriology, bedding, behaviour, flooring, preference, welfare
2017
A novel approach to studying enclosure and support usage in siamangs: using a 3D computer model
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: 3d model, behaviour, captive primates, enclosure usage, locomotion, support usage
2017
Corticosterone may interact with peripubertal development to shape adult resistance to social defeat
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: corticosterone, mice, social stress
2016
Show Horse Welfare: Horse Show Competitors’ Understanding, Awareness, and Perceptions of Equine Welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: competitors, horse, stakeholders, stock-type, welfare
2016