Activity Profiles and Hormone Metabolites in a Captive Group of Eight Cotton - Top Tamarins , Saguinus oedipus
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The effect of the captive environment on activity of captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus).
This study examined captive cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) behavior across 3 different exhibits: (a) a rainforest (30.5 m in diameter), where tamarins free-ranged with other species; (b) a caged outdoor exhibit (5 m in diameter); and (c) a caged enclosure, with access indoors (6 x 9m) and outdoors (2.5 x 2.5 m). The study observed tamarins using focal animal scan sampling in 10 min block...
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