Effect of environmental enrichment devices on behaviors of single- and group-housed squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) (1997)

Spring S. E., Clifford, J. O., Tomko, D. L.

Abstract

This would suggest that enrichment provided by social interaction ... may play a greater role in maintaining the monkeys' psychological well-being than did physical enrichment devices.

Published
1997

Animal Type
Nonhuman Primate, Squirrel Monkey

Topic
Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & Companionship

Citation
Spring S. E., Clifford, J. O., Tomko, D. L. 1997. Effect of environmental enrichment devices on behaviors of single- and group-housed squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 36(3), 72-75.

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