Behavioral differences as predictors of breeding status in captive cheetahs

Zoo Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 335-349

  Wielebnowski, Nadja C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinonyx jubatus; Animal personality; Captive propagation; Individual behavioral variation

Indexed keywords

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0039967146     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1999)18:4<335::AID-ZOO8>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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