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Eduardo J Fernandez

Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide (Australia …
Verified email at adelaide.edu.au
Cited by 1737

Animal training, environmental enrichment, and animal welfare: A history of behavior analysis in zoos

EJ Fernandez, AL Martin - Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2021 - mdpi.com
The modern zoo has been associated with two major behavioral welfare advances: (a) the
use of training to increase voluntary husbandry care, and (b) the implementation of …

Training as enrichment: A critical review

EJ Fernandez - Animal Welfare, 2022 - cambridge.org
Husbandry training and environmental enrichment are both important advancements associated
with current behavioural welfare practices. Additionally, the use of training procedures …

What is the zoo experience? How zoos impact a visitor's behaviors, perceptions, and conservation efforts

AM Godinez, EJ Fernandez - Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Modern zoos strive to educate visitors about zoo animals and their wild counterparts’
conservation needs while fostering appreciation for wildlife in general. This research review …

Animal–visitor interactions in the modern zoo: Conflicts and interventions

EJ Fernandez, MA Tamborski, SR Pickens… - Applied Animal …, 2009 - Elsevier
Animal welfare, education, conservation, research, and entertainment are major goals of
modern zoos, but they can be in conflict. For example, visitors enjoy learning about and …

[PDF][PDF] Animal-Visitor interactions: Effects, experiences, and welfare

EJ Fernandez, SJ Chiew - Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2021 - researchgate.net
Animal-Visitor Interactions (AVI) within zoos and aquariums have become an increasingly
studied topic. Influenced by both the broader field of Human-Animal Interactions (HAI), as well …

Selecting and testing environmental enrichment in lemurs

EJ Fernandez, W Timberlake - Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Environmental enrichment has become a standard tool for improving the welfare of animals
in zoos. Two critical steps in the manipulation of environmental enrichment are (1) selection …

Training penguins to interact with enrichment devices for lasting effects

EJ Fernandez, RC Kinley, W Timberlake - Zoo Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The modern zoo has brought about two major advances in the behavioral welfare of their
exhibited animals: (a) The use of environmental enrichment to promote naturalistic behaviors …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating unused tools for the animal behavioral diversity toolkit

JE Brereton, EJ Fernandez - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Behavioral diversity is sometimes used by animal scientists to better
understand and compare how animals behave. The methods used in behavioral diversity …

[PDF][PDF] Animal-visitor interactions and the visitor experience: Visitor behaviors, attitudes, perceptions, and learning in the modern zoo

…, A Godinez, EJ Fernandez - Animal Behavior …, 2021 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Animal-Visitor Interactions (AVIs) have become commonplace in zoological institutions and
facilities globally. However, most AVI research focuses on the effects of visitors on the …

Mutual benefits of research collaborations between zoos and academic institutions

EJ Fernandez, W Timberlake - Zoo Biology: Published in …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Zoos focus on welfare, conservation, education, and research related to animals they keep.
Academic institutions emphasize description, experimentation, modeling, and teaching of …