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Operant conditioning as an enrichment strategy at the San Diego Zoo (1998)

Kobert, M. G.

Abstract

It was during the training that we discovered that the operant conditioning [of the group-housed bonobos] was having an unexpected and profound effect; it was providing enrichment for the animals.

Published
1998

Animal Type
Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate
Topic
Animal Training

Citation
Kobert, M. G. 1998. Operant conditioning as an enrichment strategy at the San Diego Zoo. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Enrichment. Hare, V. J. , Worley, E. (eds), 230-236. The Shape of Enrichment, San Diego, CA.

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