Space use as an indicator of enclosure appropriateness: A novel measure of captive animal welfare

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-50

  Ross, Stephen R ^a   Schapiro, Steven J ^b   Hau, Jann ^c   Lukas, Kristen E ^d  

^a Lincoln Park Zoo   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental preference; Naturalism; Primates; Space use; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PRIMATE; SPACE USE;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 70349795275     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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