Environmental enrichment for psittacines at Edinburgh Zoo

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 232-237

  Field, D A ^a,b   Thomas, R ^a  

^a ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Dublin Zoo   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aviary design; Environmental enrichment; Husbandry; Novel objects; Parrots; Puzzle feeders; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997100951     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2000.tb00728.x     Document Type: Article

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