Research Topic: Urban mammal community ecology across gradients of anthropogenic influence.
Taylor’s current doctoral research relies on a partnership with the Cleveland Metroparks to improve our understanding of mammal ecology in an urban system. She will investigate the community ecology of carnivores and their prey across gradients of urbanization and is especially interested in understanding how anthropogenic (human) disturbance impacts urban mammals. Taylor’s PhD work is supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
Prior to joining Dr. Rem Moll’s lab at UNH, Taylor completed her M.S. in Environmental Biology at Regis University (Denver, CO) and then accepted a position in the Animal Welfare and Research Department at Denver Zoo as a Behavioral Research Associate. She studied changes in Asian elephant social behaviors in a herd of five unrelated males and focused on shifts in social behaviors due to the introduction of two new males into the existing group. During this time, Taylor also worked as an Affiliate Faculty member in the Biology Department at Regis University where she taught numerous biology and environmental science courses, including lecture and laboratory courses and seminars at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Selected Presentations and Publications
Readyhough, T.S., Joseph, S., Davis, M., Moresco, A., Schreier, A.L. (2022). Impacts of socialization on bull Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) stereotypical behavior. Journal of Zoological and Biological Gardens. DOI: 10.3390/jzbg3010010
Readyhough, T.S., Joseph, S., Schreier, A.L. (2022). The effects of Zoo Lights on animal welfare: a case study of great Indian hornbills at Denver Zoo. Zoo Biology. DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21681
Thevarajah, S., Readyhough, T.S., Davis, M., Moresco, A., Joseph, S., Schreier, A.L. (2021). Nighttime behavior and the length of social relationships in male Asian elephants. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2021.1998777
Schreier, A.L., Readyhough, T.S., Moresco, A., Davis, M., Joseph, S. (2021). Social dynamics of a newly integrated bachelor herd of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): welfare implications. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2021.1908141
Schreier, A.L., Bolt, L.M., Russell, D.G., Readyhough, T.S., Jacobson, Z.S., Merrigan-Johnson, C., Coggeshall, E.M.C. (2021) Mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in a Costa Rican forest fragment do not modify activity budgets or spatial cohesion in response to anthropogenic edges. Folia Primatologica 92: 49-57. DOI: 10.1159/000511974
Education
- M.S. Environmental Biology, Regis University, 2018
- B.S. Biology, University of New Mexico, 2016
Related Links
- Personal webpage www.readyhoughecology.com
- ResearchGate www.researchgate.net/profile/Taylor-Readyhough-2
- Dr. Rem Moll’s Lab https://mypages.unh.edu/moll-lab/
