Essays about: "scan sampling"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 52 essays containing the words scan sampling.

  1. 16. Hägnutnyttjande och besökarpåverkan på Humboldtpingviner (Spheniscus humboldti) : en observationsstudie på Slottsskogen i Göteborg, Sverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Victoria Källström; [2020]
    Keywords : Humboldtpingvin; hägnutnyttjande; besökarpåverkan; besökarantal; besökarintensitet; fångenskap; djurpark;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to examine enclosure utilization and visitor effect on the Humboldt penguin at Slottsskogen located in Gothenburg, Sweden in order to use the results to possibly improve welfare for both this flock and other flocks in captivity. The Humboldt penguin is a threatened species and therefor it is of the most importance to work towards conservation and a way to do this is by keeping and letting them reproduce in zoos. READ MORE

  3. 17. Hägnutnyttjande och beteende hos röd panda (Ailurus fulgens) på Nordens Ark

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Elin Ohlsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Ailurus fulgens; röd panda; hägnutnyttjade; hägn; beteende; djurpark;

    Abstract : The red panda is a carnivore who is specialized at feeding of bamboo. Bamboo is very low in nutrient and the red panda therefor need to forage through large parts of the day. They live in subtropical and temperate forests from Nepal in the west to China in the east. READ MORE

  4. 18. Hägnutnyttjande av gyllenhuvad lejontamarin (Leontopithecus Chrysomelas) och dess beteendebudget på Furuvik i Sverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Tobias Benn; [2020]
    Keywords : Gyllenhuvad lejontamarin; hägnutnyttjande; callitrichids; Leontopithecus Chrysomelas; beteendebudget; djurpark; vanlig lejontamarin; skogsskövling; fragmentering; population; primat;

    Abstract : The golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus Chrysomelas) is endemic to the Bahia region, Brazil. The estimated wild population is between 6 000-15 000 individuals and is declining. The species is classified as endangered due to fragmentation from deforestation. READ MORE

  5. 19. Difference in general behaviour and social interactions of young Yorkshire gilts in different social environments

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Linda Marie Hannius; [2019]
    Keywords : Swedish Yorkshire; Dutch Yorkshire; behaviour; social interactions; social environment;

    Abstract : In Sweden, there was a switch of breeding material for pigs in year 2012 where Swedish producers were introduced to the Dutch Yorkshire (DY) instead of the Swedish Yorkshire (SY). Gestating sows have, in Sweden, been kept in group housing since the 1980s while DY gilts on the contrary have been kept in individual stalls. READ MORE

  6. 20. Difference in health and behaviour between two different pig line crosses

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Jessica Vahlberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Swedish Yorkshire; Dutch Yorkshire; social interactions; behaviour; health;

    Abstract : The most common housing system within the European Union for gestating sows and gilts have for many years been individual stalls while Sweden on the contrary has a long history, since the end of the 1980s, of group housing. The switch of breeding material in the beginning of the 2000ies in Sweden resulted in the end of breeding of the Swedish Yorkshire (SY), and instead the Dutch Yorkshire (ZY) was introduced to Swedish pig producers. READ MORE