Thirty years later: Enrichment practices for captive mammals

Zoo Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-316

  Hoy, Julia M ^a   Murray, Peter J ^a   Tribe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Captive mammals; Environmental enrichment; Evaluation; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ZOO ANIMAL; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; MAMMALS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954604849     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20254     Document Type: Article

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