Current status and future directions of applied behavioral research for animal welfare and conservation

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 139-162

  Swaisgood, Ronald R ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Conservation behavior; Enrichment; Stereotypy; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DECISION MAKING; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845801639     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.05.027     Document Type: Article

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