Shepherdson, D. 1994. The role of environmental enrichment into the captive breeding and reintroduction of endangered species. In: Creative Conservation: Interactive Management of Wild and Captive Animals. Mace, G., Olney, P., Feistner, A. T. C. (eds), 167-177. Chapman & Hall, London.

Environmental enrichment is a concept which describes how the environment of captive animals can be changed to the benefit of the inhabitants. Behavioural opportunities that may arise or increase as a result of environmental enrichment can be appropriately described as behavioural enrichment.

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1994