PhD Claudia Kistler, 2012


The Importance of Environmental Enrichment for Explorative Animals in Captivity - Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and Cyprinid Fish as Case Studies


Content

Summary

Zusammenfassung

General Introduction

Chapter 1: Feeding enrichment in an opportunistic carnivore: the red fox.
Applied Animal Behaviour Science (2009), 116: 260-265. (pdf)

Chapter 2: Structural enrichment and enclosure use in an opportunistic carnivore: the red fox (Vulpes vulpes).
Animal Welfare (2010), 19: 391-400. (pdf)

Chapter 3: The effect of environmental complexity on behaviour of ornamental fish of the Cyprinidae family.
To be submitted

Chapter 4: Preference for structured environment in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and checker barbs (Puntius oligolepis).
Applied Animal Behaviour Science (2011), 135: 318-327. (pdf)

General Discussion

Acknowledgments

Curriculum vitae


Citation:
Kistler, C. 2012. The Importance of Environmental Enrichment for Explorative Animals in Captivity - Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and Cyprinid Fish as Case Studies.
PhD thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland.


Copy of PhD / Kopie der Doktorarbeit (pdf, 4.7 MB)


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