Gorilla behavior in response to systematic alternation between zoo enclosures

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-386

  Lukas, Kristen E ^a,b,c   Hoff, Michael P ^b,d   Maple, Terry L ^b,c  

^a LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

^b ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d DALTON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enrichment; Exhibit use; Exploration; Relative novelty; Rotation; Visibility

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CAPTIVITY; PRIMATE; ZOO;

EID: 0037460087     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00237-X     Document Type: Article

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