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
Behavioural Development of Three Former Pet Chimpanzees a Decade after Arrival at the MONA Sanctuary
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: activity budget, chimpanzee, early life experience, pan troglodytes, pet and entertainment, re-socialization, sanctuary, well-being
2022
Improving the Welfare of a Zoo-Housed Male Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus poensis) Aggressive Toward Visitors
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: activity patterns, aggression, animal welfare, feeding enrichment, space use
2016
Fear and stress measurements in pure and hybrid red-legged partridges
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: heterophil to lymphocyte ratio, hybrid partridge, pure red-legged partridge, relative fluctuating asymmetry, tonic immobility duration
2015
Factors Associated With Uterine Endometrial Hyperplasia and Pyometra in Wild Canids: Implications for Fertility
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive breeding, contraception, foxes, infertility, uterine pathology, wolves
2014
Maternal care interacts with prenatal stress in altering sexual dimorphism in male rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: accessory olfactory bulb, brain development, corticosterone, estradiol, male rats, maternal behavior, medial preoptic area, prenatal environmental stress, progesterone, testosterone
2013
Effects of body temperature on righting performance of native and invasive freshwater turtles: Consequences for competition
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: freshwater turtles, invasive species, mauremys leprosa, preferred basking temperature, righting performance, trachemys scripta
2012
Feeding status and basking requirements of freshwater turtles in an invasion context
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: feeding status, freshwater turtles, invasive species, mauremys leprosa, thermoregulation, trachemys scripta
2012
Non-lethal effects of predators on body growth and health state of juvenile lizards, Psammdromus algirus
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: body condition, growth, immune response, lizards, predation risk
2010
Unpredictability, Controllability, and Optimal Arousal/Stimulation Level as Applied to Zoo Environment Enrichment Theory and Practice
Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Environmental Enrichment
Keywords: arousal, conference, controllability, enrichment, environmental enrichment, environmental optimization, stimulation, unpredictability, zoo
2007