Preference and motivation for different diet forms and their effect on motivation for a foraging enrichment in captive Orange-winged Amazon parrots (Amazona amazonica)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 129, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 153-161

  Rozek, Jessica C ^a   Millam, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Enrichment; Foraging behavior; Maximum price; Motivational strength; Pelleted diets

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AMAZONA; AMAZONA AMAZONICA; ANIMALIA; AVES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 78650946617     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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