Natural behavioural biology as a risk factor in carnivore welfare: How analysing species differences could help zoos improve enclosures

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 303-328

  Clubb, Ros ^a   Mason, Georgia Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Carnivores; Comparative methods; Stereotypic behaviour; Stereotypy; Zoo animals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CARNIVORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFANT MORTALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; ZOO;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; MUSTELA VISON; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA; UNCIA UNCIA; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 33845648912     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.05.033     Document Type: Article

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