Environmental enrichment: Past, present and future

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 118-124

  Shepherdson, D J ^a  

^a OREGON ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural ecology; Behavioural opportunities; Environmental enrichment; Husbandry; Research; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342546070     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2003.tb02071.x     Document Type: Article

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