Life in captivity: Its lack of opportunities for variable behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-70

  Wemelsfelder, Françoise ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030727392     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01204-X     Document Type: Article

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