Is there a visitor effect on behaviour and enclosure use of mixed bird species in a zoo enclosure?

• Main Author: Downes, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Plymouth 2012
• Subjects: non-human primates; behaviour; enclosure; Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax northern lapwings; Vanellus vanellus; red-crested turacos; Tauraco erythrolophus; Madagascar teal; Anas bernieri; grey gulls; Larus modestus; Palawan peacock pheasant; Polyplectron napoleonis; Paignton zoo; Zoo; Spread of Participation Index; Peacock
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/13965

Potential visitor effects on captive animals are poorly understand, with most studies focused on non-human primates, it is an area of research which in recent years has become important as a way of understanding welfare in a captive environment. Research into how this effects birds in captivity is l...