Comparison of confined mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) behavior in traditional and "ecologically representative" exhibits

Zoo Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-176

  Chang, Tina R ^a,b   Forthman, Debra L ^a   Maple, Terry L ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity budgets; Enrichment; Environmental continuum; Post occupancy evaluation; Psychological well being; Species appropriate behavior

Indexed keywords

MANDRILLUS SPHINX; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033462856     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1999)18:3<163::AID-ZOO1>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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