Captive Parrot Welfare

Manual of Parrot Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 301-318

  Meehan, Cheryl ^a   Mench, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazona amazonica; Feelings based; Husbandry related; Temperature controlled; Welfare problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960377869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470344651.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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