Enclosure design and space utilization by Indian leopards (Panthera pardus) in four zoos in Southern India

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-124

  Mallapur, Avanti ^a,b   Qureshi, Qamar ^a   Chellam, Ravi ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FELIDAE; INDIA; NONHUMAN; REST; TREE; ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STEREOTYPY; TIME; ZOO ANIMAL;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037610233     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327604JAWS0502_02     Document Type: Article

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