Personality matters: exploring the relationship between personality and stress physiology in captive African lions
Abstract Background Considering animals as individuals and not as species is becoming increasingly essential to animal welfare management in captive settings. Recent studies on big cat personalities and coping strategies suggest personality can help big cats cope in their surroundings. Yet a large p...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-06-01
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Series: | BMC Zoology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-022-00126-9 |