The effect of auditory enrichment, rearing method and social environment on the behavior of zoo-housed psittacines (Aves: Psittaciformes); implications for welfare
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: auditory enrichment, hand rearing, parrot, psittacine, welfare
2017
Environmental enrichment for parrot species: Are we squawking up the wrong tree?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: environmental enrichment, parrots, well-being
2016
Stereotypic behaviours in Melopsittacus undulatus: Behavioural consequences of social and spatial limitations
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, environmental enrichments, melopsittacus undulatus, parrot, psycho-physical stress, stereotypy
2015
The Puerto Rican parrot reintroduction program: Sustainable management of the aviary population
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: amazona vitatta, captive population management, poplink, risk analysis, zoorisk
2014
Unrewarded Object Combinations in Captive Parrots
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: avian cognition, exploration, object combinations, object play, parrot
2014
Efficacy of foraging enrichments to increase foraging time in Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus erithacus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, foraging, foraging enrichment, parrot, psittacine
2013
Nutritional and physical characteristics of commercial hand-feeding formulas for parrots
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: chicks, growth, nutrition, psittacines, scarlet macaw
2013
Quantifying the impact of storage procedures for faecal bacteriotherapy in the critically endangered New Zealand Parrot, the Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: bacteria, cultivation, kakapo, pyrosequencing
2013
Validation of a Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Assay to Assess Stress in the Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: acth challenge, avian, budgerigar, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, radioimmunoassay, stress
2013
Evidence for Contagious Behaviors in Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): An Observational Studyof Yawning and Stretching
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: contagion, imitation, response facilitation, signal, social coordination, stretching, yawning
2012