Stimulating natural behavior in captive bears

Ursus

Volumn 12, Issue , 2000, Pages 199-202

  Grandia, Petra A ^a   Dijk, Jiska J Van ^a   Koene, Paul ^b  

^a International Bear Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Captive European brown bear; Education; Feeding conditions; Natural behavior; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646773027     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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