Structural enrichment and enclosure use in an opportunistic carnivore: The red fox (Vulpes)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 391-400

  Kistler, C ^a   Hegglin, D ^b   Wurbel H ^c   Konig B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWILD   (Switzerland)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Environmental enrichment; Red fox; Structural preference; Vulpes vulpes; Zoo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FOX; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; VULPES VULPES; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 78349252639     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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