Pacing polar bears and stoical sheep: Testing ecological and evolutionary hypotheses about animal welfare

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Clubb, R ^a   Mason, Georgia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Comparative methods; Ecological niche; Evolution; Species differences; Stereotypy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTELOPE; BEAR; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CARNIVORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEAR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HISTORY; HOME RANGE; HYPOTHESIS; NEOPHOBIA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PARROT; PREDATION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SHEEP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOTYPY; TAXONOMY; THREAT;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PSITTACIDAE; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 1542685375     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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