Mealworm dispensers as environmental enrichment for captive Rodrigues fruit bats (Pteropus rodricensis)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-137

  O'Connor, K I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Environmental enrichment; Foraging; Fruit bats; Pteropus rodricensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346736854     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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