Siamangs (Hylobates syndactylus) and white-cheeked gibbons (Hylobates leucogenys) show few behavioral differences related to zoo attendance

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-163

  Smith, Kathleen N ^a   Kuhar, Christopher W ^a  

^a DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GIBBON; HAPLORHINI; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SIAMANG; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VARIANCE; ZOO; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYLOBATES; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; NOMASCUS LEUCOGENYS; PRIMATES; SYMPHALANGUS SYNDACTYLUS;

EID: 77951153518     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888700903579895     Document Type: Article

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