A preliminary study of the effects of environmental enrichment on the behaviour of captive African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)

Bioscience Horizons

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-140

  Price, Laura J ^a,b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b West Midlands Safari and Leisure Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abnormal behaviour; Activity levels; African wild dog; Environmental enrichment; Lycaon pictus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864515263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17547431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biohorizons/hzq017     Document Type: Article

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