Survival improvements of marine mammals in zoological institutions mirror historical advances in human longevity
Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Keywords: adult mortality, first-year mortality, life expectancy, lifespan equality, population welfare
2023
Behavioral and Physical Development of Captive–Born Eastern Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) Calves
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: black rhinoceros, neotnatal development, nursing duration, proximity, time-budget
2021
Spatial Design of Guest Feeding Programs and Their Effects on Giraffe Participation and Social Interactions
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal social structure, animal welfare, giraffes, habitat design, human-animal interactions
2020
Patterns in the long-term viability of North American zoo populations
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: demography, extinction risk, genetic diversity, population viability analysis, sustainability
2019
Friends give benefits: autumn social familiarity preferences predict reproductive output
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: brown-headed cowbird, familiarity, fission–fusion dynamics, reproduction, social dynamics, social network, social niche
2017
Husbandry and propagation of the Chinese big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive breeding, hibernation, incubation
2016
Social status drives social relationships in groups of unrelated female rhesus macaques
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: dominance rank, elo, fitness, grooming, kinship, primate, rhesus macaque, social bond formation, social status
2016
In the company of cowbirds, Molothrus ater ater: Robust patterns of sociability predict reproductive performance
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: animal temperament, cowbirds, reproductive success, sociability
2013
Habitat use, foraging behavior, and activity patterns in reproducing western tarsiers, Tarsius bancanus, in captivity: A managment synthesis
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive biology, husbandry, primates, tarsius bancanus
1993
A technique for obtaining early life history data in pouched marsupials
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: management, pouch examination, restraint
1991