Geoff Hosey, Vicky Melfi, Sheila Pankhurst

Broschiertes Buch

Zoo Animals

Behaviour, Management, and Welfare

Beschreibung

Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management and Welfare addresses the key questions surrounding the keeping of zoo animals, and reveals how we can apply our ever-growing understanding of animal behaviour to ensure zoo animals are managed as effectively as possible, without their health and welfare being compromised.

Autor

Dr Geoff Hosey was formerly a senior lecturer at the University of Bolton, UK, where he taught in the area of animal behaviour. Dr Vicky Melfi is Behavioural Biologist at Taronga Zoo, Australia. Her research interests include animal welfare, behavioural ecology of zoo animals, and environmental enrichment. Dr Sheila Pankhurst is Head of the Department of Life Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, where her teaching and research centres on the behaviour and welfare of zoo animals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2nd edition. Revised
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 191mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1500g
• ISBN-13: 9780199693528
• ISBN-10: 0199693528
• Artikelnr.: 38248658