Issues of choice and control in the behaviour of a pair of captive polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-120

  Ross, Stephen R ^a  

^a LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal behaviour; Bears; Pacing; Stereotypy; Zoo animals

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RECREATION; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; URSIDAE;

ANIMALIA; URSIDAE; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 33646785762     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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