Effects of feeding enrichment on ruffed lemurs Varecia variegata variegata and Varecia v. rubra

Dodo

Volumn 32, Issue 0, 1996, Pages 67-75

  Zimmermann, Alexandra ^a   Feistner, Anna T C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust

Author keywords

Aggression; Captivity; Enrichment; Feeding; Ruffed lemurs; Varecia variegata; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141901268     PISSN: 02655640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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