Trends in the captive breeding of threatened and endangered birds in British zoos, 1988--1997

Whitfort, H; Young, R

doi:10.1002/zoo.10122

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A case of pseudo-pregnancy in captive brown howler monkeys (Alouatta guariba) (2004)
Journal Article
Guedes, D., & Young, R. (2004). A case of pseudo-pregnancy in captive brown howler monkeys (Alouatta guariba). Folia Primatologica,

Applying animal learning theory: Training captive animals to comply with veterinary and husbandry procedures (2004)
Journal Article
Young, R., & Cipreste, C. (2004). Applying animal learning theory: Training captive animals to comply with veterinary and husbandry procedures. Animal Welfare Journal, 13(2), 225-232. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0962728600026968

Animals within zoo environments are learning continuously: they learn signals that predict when food is going to arrive or that the presence of a certain person means that something unpleasant may happen. They may learn to control their environment a... Read More about Applying animal learning theory: Training captive animals to comply with veterinary and husbandry procedures.

Trends in the captive breeding of threatened and endangered birds in British zoos, 1988--1997 (2004)
Journal Article
Whitfort, H., & Young, R. (2004). Trends in the captive breeding of threatened and endangered birds in British zoos, 1988--1997. Zoo Biology, 23(1), 85-89. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.10122

The aim of this study was to assess trends in captive breeding of threatened and endangered bird species in British zoos. The measures we recorded were: 1) the total number of species held, 2) the percentage of species held that are listed in the IUC... Read More about Trends in the captive breeding of threatened and endangered birds in British zoos, 1988--1997.