| Title |
Naturalistic environments in captivity for animal behavior research / Edward F. Gibbons, Jr.... [and others], editors. |
| OCLC |
42628632 |
| ISBN |
0585064148 (electronic bk.) |
| Publisher |
Albany : State University of New York Press, [1994] |
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©1994 |
| Description |
xii, 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Captive wild animals -- Housing -- Congresses.
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Captive mammals -- Housing -- Congresses.
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Primates -- Housing -- Congresses.
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Animal behavior -- Research -- Congresses.
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Primates -- Behavior -- Research -- Congresses.
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Medical
Subject heading/s |
Housing, Animal -- Congresses.
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Behavior, Animal -- Congresses.
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Animals, Laboratory -- Congresses.
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Animals, Zoo -- Congresses.
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Primates -- Congresses.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Electronic books.
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| Contents |
Naturalistic facilities for animal behavior research: In search of accommodations -- Whither the naturalistic study of animals in captivity? A view from the chair -- Comments on behavioral research in naturalistic settings -- Regulations and guidelines applicable to animals maintained in indoor seminaturalistic facilities -- USDA inspection procedures: Nonstandard facilities, site visits, wavers, and enforcement -- Applicability of regulations governing research facilities for behavioral research in naturalistic settings -- Physical, chemical, and behavioral factors in large low-density naturalistic animal facilities -- Arthropod pests: Varieties, risks, and strategies for control in naturalistic facilities -- Design of indoor housing for a breeding and research colony of prosimian primates. |
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Managing naturalistic animal environments in captivity -- Quantititative evaluation of the efffects of environmental parameters on the physiology, behavior, and health of animals in naturalistic captive environments -- Research habits and research habitats: Better behavior through social chemistry -- Experiences with the study of rodents in seminatural enclosures -- Studying natural behavior in artificial environments: The problem of "Salient elements" -- Significance of naturalistic environments for primate behavioral research -- Naturalistic environments for captive primates -- Environments for endangered primates -- Naturalistic environments in captivity: A methodological bridge between field and laboratory studies of primates -- Naturalistic Environments in captivity for animal behavior research: Synthesis statement. |
| Reproduction note |
Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 1999. Available via the World Wide Web. Available in multiple electronic file formats. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-359) and index. |
| General note |
This volume is the result of a conference held in 1987. |
| Restrictions |
Single user license access. |
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