Animal-visitor interactions in the modern zoo: Conflicts and interventions

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Fernandez, Eduardo J ^a   Tamborski, Michael A ^b   Pickens, Sarah R ^a   Timberlake, William ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exhibit design; Human animal interactions; Social behavior; Visitor education; Zoo research; Zoo visitors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; ECOTOURISM; EDUCATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; ZOO;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 67650707687     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.06.002     Document Type: Review

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