Feeding enrichment by self-operated food boxes for white-fronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus albifrons) in the Masoala exhibit of the Zurich Zoo

Zoo Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-154

  Sommerfeld, Ralf ^a,c   Bauert, Martin ^b   Hillmann, Edna ^a   Stauffacher, Markus ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Zurich Zoo   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enrichment; Eulemur fulvus albifrons; Food boxes; White fronted lemurs; Zurich Zoo

Indexed keywords

EULEMUR FULVUS ALBIFRONS; HAPALEMUR GRISEUS ALAOTRENSIS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MASOALA; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33646547621     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20082     Document Type: Article

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