Foraging in captive hamadryas baboons: Implications for enrichment

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 101-110

  Jones, Megan ^a   Pillay, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Behavioural contagion; Environmental enrichment; Foraging; Hamadryas baboons; Secondary reward systems

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; HAMADRYAS; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS HAMADRYAS;

EID: 3242657269     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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