The "Visitor Effect"

Zoos' Print Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1900-1903

  Davey, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audience; Primate; Stress; Visitor; Welfare; Zoo

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 19944385932     PISSN: 09716378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11609/jott.zpj.1319.1900-3     Document Type: Review

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