Behavioral correlates and welfare implications of informal interactions between caretakers and zoo-housed chimpanzees and gorillas

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 306-315

  Chelluri, Gita I ^a,b   Ross, Stephen R ^a   Wagner, Katherine E ^a  

^a Lincoln Park Zoo   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Gorilla; Human animal relationships; Welfare; Zoo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FEEDING; PRIMATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ZOO;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84883274178     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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