A note on indoor and outdoor housing preferences of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 348-353

  Pines, Mathew K ^a   Kaplan, Gisela ^a   Rogers, Lesley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Common marmoset; Environmental enrichment; Indoor housing; Outdoor housing; Preference

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS;

EID: 36048939437     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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