Mealworm dispensers as environmental enrichment for captive Rodrigues fruit bats (Pteropus rodricensis). O’Connor, K.I., Animal Welfare, Wheathampstead, U.K.: Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, 2000, v. 9 (2), p. 123-137. ISSN: 0962-7286.
NAL call no: HV4701.A557
Descriptors: Pteropus, enrichment, feeding behavior, foraging, feed dispensers.
Bat enrichment survey. LeBlanc, Dana. Animal Keepers’ Forum, Jul. 1999, v. 26 (7), p. 267-285. ill. ISSN: 0164-9531.
NAL call no: QL77.5 A54
Descriptors: Chiroptera, enrichment provisions in captivity, care in captivity, survey.
Enrichment notebook. 2nd ed. Stark, Beth, American Association of Zoo Keepers, Enrichment Committee, Topeka, KS.: AAZK, c1999,1 v. (loose leaf); ill. ISBN: 1929672039.
NAL call no: SF408.45.A44 1999
Descriptors: zoo animals, environmental enrichment, housing, handbooks.
Bat enrichment survey. LeBlanc, Dana, Animal Keepers’ Forum, Jul. 1999, v. 26 (7), p. 267-285. Ill. The Lubee Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL. ISSN: 0164-9531.
NAL call no: QL77.5 A54
Descriptors: Chiroptera, enrichment in captivity, care in captivity, international survey.
“Grenades” for bats. Chag, Mark, Zoos’ Print, The Lubee Foundation Inc., Gainesvile, FL, Oct. 1999, v. 1-14 (1-10), p. 20. ill. ISSN: 0971-6378.
Descriptors: care in captivity, feeding grenade, enrichment.
Horticultural options for fruit bat enrichment. Leblanc, Dana, Anon. Proceedings of the 1998 joint conference AAZK, EMA, AZH, Indianapolis, IN. Zoological Society, Inc., 1998, p. 1-286. Chapter pagination: 205-212. Ill.
Descriptors: care in captivity, horticultural enrichment, food, plants.
Social and behavioral well-being of captive bats. Johnston, Dave S., Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation, Spring, 1997, v. 20 (1), p. 15-18. ill. ISSN: 1071-2232.
NAL call no: SF996.45.J69
Descriptors: Chiroptera, care in captivity, housing techniques, environmental enrichment.
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