Social attachment in giraffe: Response to social separation

Zoo Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-51

  Tarou, Loraine R ^a,b   Bashaw, Meredith J ^a   Maple, Terry L ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral management; Behavioral measurements of stress; Psychological well being; Social separation; Stereotypies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034340948     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(2000)19:1<41::AID-ZOO5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Review

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