The use of positive reinforcement training to reduce stereotypic behavior in rhesus macaques

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 142-148

  Coleman, Kristine ^a   Maier, Adriane ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonhuman primate; Operant conditioning; Stereotypy; Welfare

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77950519957     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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