Managing primates in zoos: Lessons from animal behaviour

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1214-1219

  Mallapur, Avanti ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Abnormal behaviour; Primate husbandry; Stress; Zoos

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 31644443382     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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