Comparison of the behaviour of captive white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus) in the presence of four kinds of deep litter

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-303

  Ludes, Elisabeth ^a   Anderson, James R ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkey; Enrichment; Feeding and nutrition; Primates; Welfare

Indexed keywords

CEBUS CAPUCINUS;

EID: 0030249517     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(96)01056-8     Document Type: Article

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