Advantages of aviaries and the Aviary Database Project: A new approach to an old housing option for birds

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 166-183

  Bracko A ^a   King, C E ^b  

^a Zoological Garden of Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b Am Rieselbach   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Aviary; Database; Enclosure; Enclosure design; Exhibit; Flight restraint; Information sharing resource

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84897433052     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/izy.12035     Document Type: Article

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