Patricia M. Dennis

Patricia M. Dennis studies the health, physiology, and welfare of animals in zoos and wildlife populations, with a strong focus on great apes (especially gorillas) as well as giraffes, other primates, and urban wildlife. Her work combines veterinary methods (hormone measurement, cardiac disease diagnosis, disease ecology) with behavioral and ecological approaches (space use, locomotion analysis, habitat use, urbanization effects) to understand and improve animal welfare and management in both captive and free-ranging settings.

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, peaking around 2018 and 2021 with roughly 8-11 papers per year, but has generally slowed to about 3 papers per year on average over the most recent 5-year period.

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