Visitor-associated variation in captive Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana diana) behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 162-165

  Todd, Peter A ^a   Macdonald, Charlotte ^b   Coleman, Dorcas ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Captivity; Cercopithecus diana diana; Diana monkey; Visitors; Zoo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVITY; FEEDING; GROOMING; GROUP SIZE; PLAY; PRIMATE; SLEEP; TOURISM; ZOO;

EDINBURGH [EDINBURGH (ADS)]; EDINBURGH [SCOTLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS DIANA;

EID: 34548407863     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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