Strategy for enriching the environment of captive Ursids

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-152

  Gupta, Brij Kishor ^a   Prakash, Sant ^b   Sinha, A K ^b  

^a BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Bears; Captive animals; Environmental enrichment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; URSIDAE;

EID: 34548354710     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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