Essays about: "wolf enclosure"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words wolf enclosure.

  1. 1. Behavioural responses of wolves (Canis lupus) and dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) to the odour of mammalian blood and to a blood odour component

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Shannon Stubbs; [2019]
    Keywords : olfaction; dog; wolf; domestication; blood; blood odour component; enrichment; olfactory behaviour. behavioural responses;

    Abstract : Domestication is accompanied by marked changes in the phenotype of the domesticated form of a species relative to its wild ancestor. The domestic dog and its wild ancestor, the wolf, are a widely used model system to study the effects of domestication on cognition and behaviour. READ MORE

  3. 2. Födorutiner och aktivitetsmönster - hur utfodringsscheman påverkar beteendet för vargar (Canis lupus) i fångenskap

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

    Author : Linn Larsson; [2015]
    Keywords : wolf; canis lupus; foraging; time budget; feeding pattern; varg; ätbeteende; aktivitetsmönster;

    Abstract : Vargen (Canis lupus) är ett opportunistiskt flexibelt rovdjur vars huvudsakliga födokälla är andra däggdjur såsom älg (Alces alces). Den vilda vargen är anpassad till en så kallad ”feast-or-famine” diet, det vill säga, ett födosöksmönster där vargen kan överleva långa perioder på ett lågt födointag, men även äta stora mängder föda under kort tid. READ MORE

  4. 3. Zoo visitor experience - perceived learning, knowledge and attitude at a wolf enclosure in Sweden

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

    Author : Matilda Evengård; [2014]
    Keywords : zoo; visitor; perceived learning; wolf; wolf enclosure; djurparksbesökare; varghägn;

    Abstract : There is a great deal of knowledge about the factors that influences peoples’ learning and knowledge. But how zoos should pursue their educational goal of the public to accomplish them by increase visitors knowledge and create positive attitudes towards wildlife and conservation seems both little assessed and understood. READ MORE

  5. 4. Experimental release of hand-reared wolf pups in Tver region (Russia): food habits, movement patterns and fear of humans.

    University essay from Zoologi

    Author : camille Fraissard; [2011]
    Keywords : Canis lupus; diet; GPS-Argos telemetry; hand-reared wolf pups; movement patterns; reintroduction; scat-analysis;

    Abstract : Studying the reintroduction of hand-raised wolves may embrace several interests such as deepening knowledge on wolf biology and allowing a controlled release in isolated populations in need of genetic influx. Studies on hand-raised wild animals, showing successful reintroduction, suggested that young released wolves might be able to survive in the wild without previous fastidious training. READ MORE

  6. 5.  Do enclosure characteristics affect anti-predator behaviour in the European bison (Bison bonasus)?

    University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Annika Hofling; [2009]
    Keywords : Auditory; behaviour; enclosure; European bison; olfactory; predator; visual;

    Abstract : Animals raised in captivity often fail to express appropriate anti-predator behaviour when reintroduced into the wild. The European bison (Bison bonasus) is a species that was close to extinction in the early 20th century but was saved in the last moment by intense captive breeding and subsequent reintroduction into the wild. READ MORE