The Behavioural Biology of Zoo Animals (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Rose, Paul

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book on captive animal behaviour, applied to welfare. It enables all aspects of zoo husbandry and management (nutrition, enclosure design, handling and training, enrichment, population management) to be based on a sound knowledge of the species, its evolutionary and natural history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 367
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000776577
• Artikelnr.: 68414881

Autorenporträt

Dr Paul Rose gained his PhD in 2018, investigating the behaviour and welfare of captive flamingos using a variety of methodological approaching including social networks analysis. He is a lecturer in the Psychology Department at the University of Exeter where he specialises in animal behaviour. Paul also works for the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) where he manages the Animal Welfare & Ethics Committee and is a research associate for WWT's captive animal research programme. Paul is also a lecturer on the zoo animal management courses for University Centre Sparsholt. As a member of Defra's Zoos Expert Committee, Paul writes and reviews policy pertaining to the running and licencing of zoos and aquariums. Paul is also co-chair of the IUCN Flamingo Specialist Group and is a member of the IUCN SSC Giraffe & Okapi Specialist Group. He is the co-chair of the BIAZA Research Committee and a member of the BIAZA Bird Working Group steering committee. Paul completed his first piece of in-zoo research in 2002 and has been professionally involved in zoo animal behaviour and welfare in an academic and practitioner capacity since 2006. His research predominantly focusses on behaviour and welfare, and evidence for zoo husbandry. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Geoff Hosey. PART I SETTING THE SCENE. 1. Introduction to the
Behavioural Biology of the Zoo. 2. Behavioural Biology in Animal Collection
Planning and Conservation 3. Behavioural Biology, Conservation Genomics and
Population Viability (OPEN ACCESS) 4. Behavioural Biology, Applied Zoo
Science and Research 5. Behavioural Biology Methods and Data Collection in
the Zoo PART II SELECTED TAXONOMIC ACCOUNTS 6. The Behavioural Biology of
Primates 7. The Behavioural Biology of Ungulates and Elephants 8. The
Behavioural Biology of Carnivores 9. The Behavioural Biology of Marine
Mammals 10. The Behavioural Biology of Marsupials and Monotremes 11. The
Behavioural Biology of Flightless Birds 12. The Behavioural Biology of
Waterbirds 13. Behavioural Biology of Parrots 14. The Behavioural Biology
of Hornbills, Toucans and Kingfishers 15. The Behavioural Biology of
Passerines 16. The Behavioural Biology of Captive Reptiles 17. The
Behavioural Biology of Amphibians 18. The Behavioural Biology of Freshwater
Fishes 19. The Behavioural Biology of Marine Fishes and Sharks 20.
Behavioural Biology of Invertebrates PART III FOR THE FUTURE 21.
Behavioural Biology and Zoo Animal Welfare: For the Future 22. Behavioural
Biology and Animal Health and Wellbeing 23. Behavioural Biology and
Enhancing Visitor Education and Experiences 24. Behavioural Biology and the
Zoo as a Nature Reserve 25. Behavioural Biology for the Evidence-based
Keeper. Behavioural Biology and the Future Zoo: Overall Conclusions.