Behavioral responses to the zoo environment by white handed gibbons

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 106, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 125-133

  Cooke, Corinne M ^a   Schillaci, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Captive behavior; Gibbons; Hylobates lar; Scratching; Territoriality; Zoo visitors

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; HOMINID; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SAMPLING; TERRITORIALITY; ZOO;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES LAR; HYLOBATIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 34347356637     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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