A new feeding concept offering speciesappropriate animal enrichment and visitor attraction at the same time
Publication/Journal: Der Zoologische Garten NF
Keywords: activity budget, animal welfare, enrichment, human-animal interactions, visitor feeding experience
2021
Nutrition and husbandry conditions of Palearctic tortoises (Testudo spp.) in captivity
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: chelonian, diet, European tortoises, keeping, pyramidal growth syndrome
2019
How to measure dairy cows’ responsiveness towards humans in breeding and welfare assessment? A comparison of selected behavioural measures and existing breeding traits
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: breeding traits, dairy cattle, human-animal relationship, reliability, validity
2017
Stress Assessment in Small Ruminants Kept on City Farms in Southern Germany
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: small ruminants, stress
2015
Staying put or leaving home: endocrine, neuroendocrine and behavioral consequences in male African striped mice
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: communal breeding, helper, intra-specific variation, paternal care, social organization
2013
Winter predation on two species of hibernating butterflies: monitoring rodent attacks with infrared cameras
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: aglais urticae, antipredator behaviour, inachis io, ir-camera, peacock butterfly, predation event, small tortoiseshell butterfly
2011
Brain Size Predicts the Success of Mammal Species Introduced into Novel Environments
Publication/Journal: The American Naturalist
Keywords: behavioral flexibility, behavioural flexibility, brain evolution, ecological generalism, invasion biology, propagule pressure
2008
Evaluation of exploration and risk assessment in pre-weaning mice using the novel cage test
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: emotional reactivity, exploration, novel cage test, risk taking, risk-assessment, welfare
2008
Heart rate variability as a measure of autonomic regulation of cardiac activity for assessing stress and welfare in farm animals — A review
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: cardiac activity, farm animals, heart rate variability, stress, welfare
2007
Agonistic Onset Marks Emotional Changes and Dispersal Propensity in Wild House Mouse Males (Mus domesticus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: agonistic onset, anxiety, coping, dominance, house mouse, mus domesticus
2005