Multi-sensor biologgers and innovative training allow data collection with high conservation and welfare value in zoos
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: behaviour, biologging, captivity, daily diary, dead-reckoning, enrichment, space use, welfare
2023
Impact of female contraception for population management on behavior and social interactions in a captive troop of Guinea baboons (Papio papio)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, baboons, contraception, social interactions
2022
Enclosure Use as a Measure of Behavioral Welfare in Zoo-Housed African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: african wild dogs, captive welfare, enclosure use, entropy, spatial distribution, zoos
2021
Making a Tiger’s Day: Free-Operant Assessment and Environmental Enrichment to Improve the Daily Lives of Captive Bengal Tigers (Panthera tigris tigris)
Publication/Journal: Behavior Analysis in Practice
Keywords: environmental enrichment, free operant, preference assessment, tigers
2020
A Ten-Stage Protocol for Assessing the Welfare of Individual Non-Captive Wild Animals: Free-Roaming Horses (Equus Ferus Caballus) as an Example
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: feral, Five Domains, free-roaming, horses, welfare assessment, wild, wildlife
2020
Development of a behavioural welfare assessment tool for routine use with captive elephants
Publication/Journal: PLoS ONE
Keywords: elephant, welfare, welfare assessment
2019
“Feelings and Fitness” Not “Feelings or Fitness”–The Raison d’être of Conservation Welfare, Which Aligns Conservation and Animal Welfare Objectives
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare assessment, conservation welfare, environmental ethics, wild animal welfare, wildlife conservation.
2018
An evidence-based decision assistance model for predicting training outcome in juvenile guide dogs
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: decision assistance model, guide dogs
2017
Effects of visual contact with zoo visitors on black-capped capuchin welfare
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: human-animal interactions, primates, stress physiology, visitor effect, xoo welfare
2015
An investigation into resting behavior in Asian elephants in UK zoos
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: elephas maximus, sleep, social groups, substrate, welfare
2015