Preferences of Orange-winged Amazon parrots (Amazona amazonica) for cage enrichment devices

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 216-223

  Kim, Lilian C ^a   Garner, Joseph P ^a   Millam, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Parrots; Preference testing

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

AMAZONA; AMAZONA AMAZONICA; AVES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; PSITTACIDAE; VIOLA ADUNCA;

EID: 69249221486     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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