Behavioral Implications of the Complete Absence of Guests on a Zoo-Housed Gorilla Troop
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: activity budget, gorilla, visitor effects
2021
Feasibility and validity of the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid to monitor the welfare of zoo-housed gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: Animal welfare assessment grid, keeper assessments, welfare monitoring, western lowland gorilla, zoo animal welfare
2021
Silence is Golden: Auditory Preferences in Zoo-housed Gorillas
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: choice, enrichment, gorilla, sound
2021
Use of Interactive Technology in Captive Great Ape Management
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: conservation, great ape, interactive technology, management practices, zoo
2021
What’s not to like about Likert? Developing a nonverbal animal preference scale (NAPS)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: gorillas, Likert scale, preference scale
2021
Who is there? Captive western gorillas distinguish human voices based on familiarity and nature of previous interactions
Allostatic Load Indices With Cholesterol and Triglycerides Predict Disease and Mortality Risk in Zoo-Housed Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: Biomarker Insights
Keywords: animal welfare, cardiac disease, chronic conditions, lipid markers, nonhuman primates
2020
Impacts of dietary modifications on the behaviour of captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: behavior, captivity, coprophagy, diet, gorilla
2020
In or out: Response slowing across housing conditions as a measure of affect in three Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: affect, gorilla, housing, response latency, response slowing, space
2020
Same Space, Different Species: The Influence of Exhibit Design on the Expression of Zoo-Housed Apes’ Species-Typical Retiring Behaviors
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: chimpanzee, exhibit design, gorilla, gorilla gorilla, nesting, pan troglodytes, space use
2020