Proposed guidelines for in situ gibbon rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 265-281

  Cheyne, S M ^a,b   Campbell, C O ^c,d   Payne, K L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALANGKA RAYA   (Indonesia)

^c Perth Zoo   (Australia)

^d The Silvery Gibbon Project   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Gibbons; Quarantine; Rehabilitation; Reintroduction; Welfare

Indexed keywords

HYLOBATIDAE;

EID: 84860226429     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2011.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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