Effects of developmental history on the behavioural responses of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) to laboratory husbandry
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, cage position, enrichment, european starling, laboratory husbandry, rearing environment
2013
Hand rearing affects emotional responses but not basic cognitive performance in European starlings
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural disinhibition, early life stress, european starling, impulsivity, maternal deprivation, perseveration, sturnus vulgaris
2013
Sharing mates and nest boxes is associated with female “friendship” in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: mate choice, polygyny, social bonding, song sharing, starlings
2013
Short-term physiological and behavioural effects of high- versus low-frequency fluorescent light on captive birds
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: captivebird, corticosterone, flicker frequency, fluorescent lighting, light environment, sturnus vulgaris, welfare
2012
Testosterone increases repertoire size in an open-ended learner: An experimental study using adult male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: adult song learning, european starling, repertoire turnover, repetition rate, sexual signal, song bout length, sturnus vulgaris, testosterone
2012
The effects of cage volume and cage shape on the condition and behaviour of captive European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: bird, cage shape, cage size, european starling, flight, housing, space allowance, stereotypy, sturnus vulgaris, time-budget, welfare
2009
Successive negative contrast in a bird: starlings’ behaviour after unpredictable negative changes in food quality
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: consumption, exploration, starling, sturnus vulgaris, successive negative contrast
2009
Water bathing alters the speed-accuracy trade-off of escape flights in European starlings
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: animal welfare, dustbathing, european starling, manoeuvrability, passerine, sturnus vulgaris, water bathing
2009
Larger, enriched cages are associated with ‘optimistic’ response biases in captive European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: *cognitive bias, affective state, animal welfare, choice, emotion, environmental enrichment, temporal discrimination
2008
Performance on a categorisation task suggests that removal f environmental enrichment induces ‘pessimism’ in captive European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: *cognitive bias, affective state, animal welfare, contrast effect, emotion, environmental enrichment
2007