A note on the influence of visitors on the behaviour and welfare of zoo-housed gorillas

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 13-17

  Wells, Deborah L ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Captivity; Gorillas; Primates; Visitors; Welfare; Zoos

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; ZOO;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA (GENUS); PRIMATES;

EID: 23744459690     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.06.019     Document Type: Article

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