Is individual temperament related to behaviors in a social context for a Neotropical parakeet species?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: boldness, dominance, personality, Psittacara leucophthalmus, social behavior, social rank
2021
Is There a “Right” Side of Communicating Friendship? Lateralization of Social Interactions in Zoo Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: affiliative contacts, approach behavior, barbary macaque, laterality, proximity, social hierarchy
2021
Aquarium cichlid fish Tropheus Moorii flexibly adjust hierarchy when tank fish species composition changes: A pilot study
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: dyadic aggression, fish composition management, hierarchical adjustment, socio-environmental perturbation, winner-loser matrix
2020
Documenting Aggression, Dominance and the Impacts of Visitor Interaction on Galápagos Tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra) in a Zoo Setting
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: behaviour, elo-rating, fixed action pattern, welfare, zoo
2020
Specialised for the Swamp, Catered for in Captivity? A Cross-Institutional Evaluation of Captive Husbandry for Two Species of Lechwe
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: antelope, evidence-based practice, kobus leche, Kobus megaceros, zoo husbandry
2020
The stress of being alone: Removal from the colony, but not social subordination, increases fecal cortisol metabolite levels in eusocial naked mole-rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: enzyme immunoassay, eusocial, fecal cortisol metabolites, isolation stress, naked mole-rat, social rank, social status, social stress
2020
Aggression and social support predict long-term cortisol levels in captive tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus Sapajus apella)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: hair cortisol, information centrality, social network analysis, stress
2019
Behavioral and endocrine correlates of dominance in captive female Jackson’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: antelope, captive management, fecal corticoids, social rank, stress
2019
EVALUATING BEHAVIOR AND ENCLOSURE USE OF ZOO-HOUSED BROAD-SNOUTED CAIMAN (CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS): A CASE STUDY IN THE ZOO OF CORDOBA (ARGENTINA)
Publication/Journal: Herpetological Conservation and Biology
Keywords: captivity, crocodiles, ethogram, five freedoms, Spread of participation index
2019
The Social Rank of Zoo-Housed Japanese Macaques is a Predictor of Visitor-Directed Aggression
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, elo-rating, hierarchy, primate behavior, visitor effects, zoo animal welfare
2019