Auditory stimulation as enrichment for zoo-housed Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-340

  Wells, D L ^a   Irwin, R M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Auditory stimulation; Behaviour; Elephants; Enrichment; Music

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; MUSIC; NONHUMAN; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 56249100717     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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