Hibernation exhibit for Japanese black bear Ursus thibetanus japonicus at Ueno Zoological Gardens

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-64

  Itoh, K ^a   Ide, K ^b   Kojima, Y ^c   Terada, M ^d  

^a General Curator   (Japan)

^b Lead Keeper   (Japan)

^c Supervisor   (Japan)

^d Ueno Zoological Gardens   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioural change; Exhibit; Hibernation exhibit; Japanese black bear; Physiological data in hibernation; Zoo design

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 77952730433     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2009.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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