The science of behavioural management: Creating biologically relevant living environments in captivity

Giant Pandas: Biology, Veterinary Medicine and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 274-298

  Swaisgood, Ronald R ^a   Zhang, Guiquan ^b   Zhou, Xiaoping ^b   Zhang, Hemin ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda   (China)

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EID: 85011347785     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511542244.012     Document Type: Chapter

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