Visitor effects on anxiety in two captive groups of western lowland gorillas

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 211-220

  Carder, Gemma ^a   Semple, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enrichment; Gorillas; Visitors; Welfare; Zoos

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; ECOTOURISM; HOMINID; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; ZOO;

CHESSINGTON WORLD OF ADVENTURES; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KENT; PORT LYMPNE WILD ANIMAL PARK; SURREY [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 55049132512     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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