Sex-specific food provisioning patterns by parents in the asynchronously hatching European hoopoe
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: brood reduction, hatching asynchrony, hoopoe, prey size, sex-specific feeding pattern
2016
Captive-rearing of Gunnison sage-grouse from egg collection to adulthood to foster proactive conservation and recovery of a conservation-reliant species
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: artificial incubation, bacterial infection, captive population, centrocercus minimus, galliformes husbandry, wild and captive produced egg collection and hatch
2015
Capture, transport, and husbandry of elephant sharks (Callorhinchus milii) adults, eggs, and hatchlings for research and display
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: chondrichthyes, developmental series, evodevo, holocephali, husbandry
2015
Light colour and intensity alters reproductive/seasonal responses in Japanese quail
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: cloacal gland, gonad, led, light colours, light intensity
2015
Optimal husbandry of hatchling Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon couperi) during a captive head-start program
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: diet diversity, husbandry, incubation temperature, optimal growth, repatriation
2015
Reproductive and parental behavior in Taveta golden weavers (Ploceus castaneiceps)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: husbandry, reproduction, social group
2015
Detection of pathogenic Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using water filtration, animal and bait testing
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: amphibians, batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, chytridiomycosis, keratin, molecular beacon realtime pcr, water testing
2014
Effect of varying dietary starch and fiber levels and inoculum source (mule deer vs. dairy cow) on simulated rumen fermentation characteristics
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: bos taurus, ndf, odocoileus hemionus, ruminant, volatile fatty acid
2014
Natural incubation patterns and the effects of exposing eggs to light at various times during incubation on post-hatch fear and stress responses in broiler (meat) chickens
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: chicken, fear, incubation, lateralization, light, stress
2014
The adaptive function of hatching asynchrony: an experimental study in great tits
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: brood reduction hypothesis, great tit, hatching asynchrony, incubation, maternal effects, parus major
2013