A note on the effect of auditory stimulation on the behaviour and welfare of zoo-housed gorillas

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 327-332

  Wells, Deborah L ^a   Coleman, Dwyer ^a   Challis, Mark G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory stimulation; Behaviour; Enrichment; Gorillas; Housing; Music; Welfare; Zoos

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; AUDITORY CUE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PRIMATE; ZOO;

BELFAST [NORTHERN IRELAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33748742447     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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