Managing free-ranging callitrichids in zoos

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-136

  Price, E C ^a   Wormell, D ^a   Brayshaw, M ^a   Furrer, S ^b   Heer, T ^b   Steinmetz, H W ^c  

^a DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Zoo Zürich ^*  (Switzerland)

^c CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Callitrichidae; Free range; Marmoset; Release; Tamarin; Training; Zoo

Indexed keywords

CALLITRICHIDAE; MARMOSETS; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR;

EID: 84860238198     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2012.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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