Quantifying animals’ perception of environmental predictability using anticipatory behavior
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biol
Keywords: appetitive behavior, pinniped, predictability, reliable cue, sea lion
2023
Assessing and Enhancing the Welfare of Animals with Equivocal and Reliable Cues
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: *cognitive bias, affective state, agency, anticipatory behavior, appetitive behavior, human-animal relationship, judgement bias
2019
Zoo Foraging Ecology: Preference and Welfare Assessment of Two Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) at the Brookfield Zoo
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral enrichment, giving-up density, okapi, repetitive behavior
2017
Positive Reinforcement Training for Blood Collection in Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) Results in Undetectable Elevations in Serum Cortisol Levels: A Preliminary Investigation
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: grizzly bear, positive reinforcement training, serum cortisol, voluntary blood draw
2016
Zoo Visitors’ Affective Responses to Observing Animal Behaviors
Publication/Journal: Visitor Studies
Keywords: environmental enrichment, experiences, hospitality, leisure, personality, sport & tourism
2016
Measuring Animal Personality for Use in Population Management in Zoos: Suggested Methods and Rationale
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: behavioral types, behavioural types, education, measurement, population management, welfare
2012
Split Parturition Observed in a Captive North American Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: brown bears, hibernation, pregnancy, ursid
2012
Genetic structure analysis of a highly inbred captive population of the African antelope Addax nasomaculatus. Conservation and management implications
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: conservation genetics, microsatellites, pedigree analysis, wild bovids
2011
Odor-based recognition of familiar and related conspecifics: A first test conducted on captive humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti)
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: humboldt penguins, kin recognition, odor recognition, olfactory cues, penguins, social interactions, spheniscus humboldti
2011
Murid stress odours: a review and a ‘low tech’ method of collection
2009