Captive coyotes compared to their counterparts in the wild: Does environmental enrichment help?

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-235

  Shivik, John A ^a   Palmer, Gemma L ^b   Gese, Eric M ^a   Osthaus, Britta ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COYOTE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORAGING; HOUSING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; STEREOTYPY; WILDLIFE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COYOTES; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 69449102366     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888700902955989     Document Type: Article

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