Oxytocin and the warm outer glow: Thermoregulatory deficits cause huddling abnormalities in oxytocin-deficient mouse pups
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: behavioral phenotyping, brown adipose tissue, huddling, mice, oxytocin
2018
Body temperature responses to handling stress in wintering Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus L.)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: body temperature, handling stress, hypothermia, poecile atricapillus, stress-induced hyperthermia, winter
2017
Plasticity of thermoregulatory behavior in leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius, Blyth 1954)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: nocturnal lizards, reptile husbandry, thermal gradient
2017
Plasticity of thermoregulatory behaviour in response to the thermal environment by widespread and alpine reptile species
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: highland specialist, montane species, phenotypic plasticity, reptile, thermoregulation
2017
The welfare of ducks during foie gras production
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, control of feeding behaviour, foie gras, force-feeding, liver steatosis, mulard duck
2017
The development of a non-invasive behavioral model of thermal heat stress in laboratory mice (Mus musculus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, biochemical research methods, body temperature, cytokine, ethovision, infrared thermography (irt), mouse, neurosciences, physiology, responses, strategy, thermoregulation
2016
Diurnal and Nocturnal Activity Time Budgets of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in a Zoological Park
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: animal management, asian elephant, behavior, elephas maximus, husbandry, thermoregulation, welfare
2016
Does enrichment improve reptile welfare? Leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) respond to five types of environmental enrichment
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: captivity, exploration, gentle handling, lizard, squamata, welfare
2016
Horses can learn to use symbols to communicate their preferences
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: blanket, clicker training, cognition, operant conditioning, rug, thermoregulation
2016
New insights into the huddling dynamics of emperor penguins
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: aggregation, antarctica, aptenodytes forsteri, energy saving, environment, huddling, social thermoregulation
2015