Feeding enrichment and stereotypic behavior in spectacled bears

Zoo Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 363-371

  Fischbacher, Mark ^a   Schmid, Hans ^b  

^a ZooLogic Research and Consulting   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Resting behavior; Social frustration; Tremarctos ornatus

Indexed keywords

TREMARCTOS ORNATUS;

EID: 0033263694     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1999)18:5<363::AID-ZOO1>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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