A comparative study of the influence of social housing conditions on the behaviour of captive tigers (Panthera tigris)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-238

  De Rouck, M ^a   Kitchener, A C ^b   Law, G ^c   Nelissen, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Captivity; Social conditions; Tiger

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIGER;

ANIMALIA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 23044433615     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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