Relationship between behavior, adrenal activity, and environment in zoo-housed western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 306-321

  Clark, Fay E ^a,b,c   Fitzpatrick, Malcolm ^a   Hartley, Andy ^a   King, Andrew J ^b,c   Lee, Tracey ^a   Routh, Andrew ^a   Walker, Susan L ^d   George, Katherine ^a,b,c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fecal glucocorticoid metabolite; Management; Noninvasive monitoring; Welfare

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROWDING; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GORILLA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROWDING; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GORILLA GORILLA; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; NOISE; OBSERVATION;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA;

EID: 84862309622     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20396     Document Type: Article

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