Maximizing the effectiveness of environmental enrichment: Suggestions from the experimental analysis of behavior

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 189-204

  Tarou, Loraine Rybiski ^a   Bashaw, Meredith Joy ^b  

^a OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Experimental analysis of behavior; Habituation; Intrinsic and extrinsic reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTINCTION; HABITUATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845657803     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.05.026     Document Type: Article

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