Environmental enrichment programme for Ocelots Leopardus partialis at North Carolina Zoological Park, Asheboro

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 217-224

  Powell, Karen E ^a  

^a Sonoran Desert Exhibit   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Ocelot; Sensory stimulation; Small felids; Species typical behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006235662     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.1997.tb01213.x     Document Type: Article

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