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Wild animals in captivity

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hediger, Heini
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
German
Published: London, Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1950.
Edition:[1st English ed.].
Subjects:
Zoos.
Animal behavior.
Behavior, Animal
Animaux sauvages > Mœurs et comportement.
Jardins zoologiques.
Animaux > Mœurs et comportement.
zoos (institutions)
NATURE > Animals > General.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Animal behavior
Zoos
Animaux sauvages > Immobilisation.
Animaux sauvages > Parcs zoologiques.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Territorial requirements in the wild state
  • Sociological factors in the wild state
  • From freedom to captivity
  • Range in the wild state
  • The problem of confined space
  • Escapes
  • Quality of the environment
  • Exogenous factors : physical environment
  • Exogenous factors : biological environment
  • The problem of food
  • The animal's relationship with man