Environmental enrichment alters the behavioral profile of ratsnakes (Elaphe)

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-109

  Almli, Lynn M ^a,b   Burghardt, Gordon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEEDING; FEMALE; HABITUATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PLASTICITY; SNAKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUBRIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ELAPHE; MAMMALIA; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 33749850389     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327604jaws0902_1     Document Type: Article

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