Correlates of self-directed and stereotypic behaviours in captive red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus torquatus)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 68-74

  Reamer, Lisa ^a,b   Tooze, Zena ^b   Coulson, Claire ^b   Semple, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Cercopan   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Primate; Self directed behaviour; Semi free ranging environment; Stereotypic behaviour; Stress

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EFFECTIVE STRESS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROOMING; PRIMATE; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

NIGERIA;

ANIMALIA; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOCEBUS TORQUATUS TORQUATUS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77649234214     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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