The Comparative Effect of Occupational and Musical Enrichment on Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Levels in a Captive Colony of Stumptail Macaques (Macaca arctoides)
Publication/Journal: Biology
Keywords: enrichment programs, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, macaca arctoides, music enrichment, occupational enrichment, primate welfare
2024
A Model for Accurate Determination of Environmental Parameters in Indoor Zoological and Botanical Gardens Supporting Efficient Species Management
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: air temperature, ATMOS14, conductivity, daily light integral, PAR light, relative humidity, soil water content, TEROS12
2022
Improving the sustainability of ex situ populations with mate choice
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive breeding, conservation breeding, cooperative breeding program, mate choice, reproductive success, species survival plan
2019
Relationship between resilience and stress: Perceived stress, stressful life events, HPA axis response during a stressful task and hair cortisol
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: hair cortisol, laboratory stressor, life events, perceived stress, resilience, salivary cortisol
2019
How tall should a mink cage be? Using animals’ preferences for different ceiling heights to improve cage design
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cage size, internal cage height, preference, welfare regulations
2017
Towards a taxonomy of stereotypic behaviours in the American mink (Neovison vison), a model Carnivore: Homogeneous or heterogeneous?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: abnormal repetitive behaviour, american mink, animal welfare, behavioural sequence, ethogram, stereotypic behaviour
2017
Effects of environmental enrichment and stereotypic behavior on maternal behavior and infant viability in a model carnivore, the American mink (Neovison vison)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, captive breeding, infant mortality, mustelids
2016
Environmentally enriching American mink (Neovison vison) increases lymphoid organ weight and skeletal symmetry, and reveals differences between two sub-types of stereotypic behaviour
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: american mink, animal welfare, carnivores, corticosteroids, enrichment, fluctuating asymmetry, immune system, stereotypic behaviour
2016
Maternal stress and plural breeding with communal care affect development of the endocrine stress response in a wild rodent
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: communal care, cortisol, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, maternal effects, maternal stress, negative feedback, octodon degus, post-natal stress
2015
Life-History Patterns of Cuban Poeciliid Fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: fecundity, richards equation, sexual maturity, size–age curves
2013