The Use of Operant Conditioning to Enhance the Management and Welfare of Captive Kingsnakes
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases
Keywords: animal welfare, cooperative care, herpetoculture, kingsnakes, snake welfare, training
2023
Behavioral characterization of musth in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): defining progressive stages of male sexual behavior in in-situ and ex-situ populations
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: elephant, musth, reproduction, sri lanka, temporal gland secretions, zoo
2022
Communication from the Zoo: Reports from Zoological Facilities of the Impact of COVID-19 Closures on Animals
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: communication, COVID-19, keeper-animal interactions, social media, visitor–animal interactions, zoo closures
2022
Does the sound environment influence the behaviour of zoo-housed birds? A preliminary investigation of ten species across two zoos
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: animal behaviour, soundscape, visitor effect, welfare, zoo sound
2022
An Ethical Assessment Tool (ETHAS) to Evaluate the Application of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Mammals’ Conservation: The Case of the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies, conservation ethics, ethical review process, ethical risk assessment, ethical self-assessment, northern white rhinoceros
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
Pheromonal enrichment in the zoo: An empirical approach with Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: chemical communication, evidence-based management, olfaction, primer effects, zoo animal welfare
2021
Pheromonal enrichment in the zoo: An empirical approach with Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: chemical communication, evidence-based management, olfaction, primer effects
2021
Pheromonal enrichment in the zoo: An empirical approach with Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: chemical communication, evidence-based management, olfaction, primer effects, zoo animal welfare
2021
A System for Monitoring Acoustics to Supplement an Animal Welfare Plan for Bottlenose Dolphins
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: acoustic monitoring, animal welfare, bioacoustics, communication, distress call, marine mammal, vocal behavior, vocal biomarkers
2021