Habituation towards environmental enrichment in captive bears and its effect on stereotypic behaviours.

The benefits gained by the presentation of environmental enrichment (EE) to captive animals are widely recognized. Few studies have, however, studied how to maximize the effect of EE. Repeated presentations of EE may cause a reduced interest towards the EE device, called habituation. To study the ef...

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Main Author: Anderson, Claes
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi 2008
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-12570