Factors influencing the behaviour and welfare of captive lion-tailed macaques in Indian zoos

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 337-353

  Mallapur, Avanti ^a,b   Waran, Natalie ^a   Sinha, Anindya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Abnormal behaviour; Animal welfare; Enclosure design; Group composition; Lion tailed macaque; Zoo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CAPTIVITY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; ZOO;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 18844440139     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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