Ground substrate affects activity budgets and hair loss in outdoor captive groups of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1160-1168

  Beisner, Brianne A ^a,b   Isbell, Lynne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive environment; Colony management; Foraging; Grooming; Primates; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANIMAL WELFARE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CAPTIVITY; COLONY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; GRAVEL; GROOMING; HAIR; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBSTRATE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GROOMING; HAIR; MACACA; MICROCLIMATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; GROOMING; HAIR; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 57349182285     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20615     Document Type: Article

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