A preliminary study of the behavioral effects of feeding enrichment on African elephants

Zoo Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 485-493

  Stoinski, Tara S ^a,b   Daniel, E ^a   Maple, T L ^a,b  

^a ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA;

EID: 0034362216     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2361(2000)19:6<485::AID-ZOO1>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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