Enrichment and individual differences affect welfare indicators in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-352

  Izzo, Genevieve N ^a   Bashaw, Meredith J ^a   Campbell, John B ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enrichment; Measurement; Personality; Primate; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SQUIRREL MONKEY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; SAIMIRI; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 80052013698     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024294     Document Type: Article

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