Effect of feeding boxes on the behavior of stereotyping Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) in the Zurich Zoo, Zurich, Switzerland

Zoo Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 573-584

  Jenny, Saskia ^a,c   Schmid, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Zurich Zoo   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Foraging; Frustration; Pacing; Predictability; Random feeding

Indexed keywords

PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS ALTAICA;

EID: 0036939992     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.10061     Document Type: Article

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