Postoccupancy evaluation of staff, visitors, and three species of animals in a zoo setting
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: komodo dragon, post-occupancy evaluation, red panda, rhinoceros, zoo
2022
‘Bearly’ Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: bear behavior, COVID-19, crowd size, daily attendance, season, visitor effect
2021
Achieving optimal welfare for the Nile hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in North American zoos and aquariums
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: captivity, exhibit design, hippopotamus, welfare, wellness
2018
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
Giant Panda Welfare in Captivity
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, giant panda
2013
Behavioral and Hormonal Consequences of Transporting Giant Pandas From China to the United States
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal, animal welfare, animals, behavior, behaviour, china, female, hydrocortisone/urine, male, physiological/physiology, stress, transportation, united-states, ursidae, wild, zoo
2012
Giant Pandas Attend to Androgen-Related Variation in Male Bleats
Publication/Journal: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Keywords: acoustic cues, androgens, giant pandas, vocal communication
2012
Characterization of basal seminal traits and reproductive endocrine profiles in North American river otters and Asian small-clawed otters
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: delayed implantation, enzyme immunoassay, fecal steroids, mustelid, noninvasive monitoring, seasonality
2009
Spatial memory recall in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: ailuropoda melanoleuca, giant panda, spatial memory
2009
Maximizing the contribution of science in zoos and aquariums: organizational models and perceptions
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aquariums, organizational models, science, zoos
2008