ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2023
Review of the Effects of Enclosure Complexity and Design on the Behaviour and Physiology of Zoo Animals.
Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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19 citing papers in PubMed.
- Automated Activity Tracking and Space Use Monitoring of Captive Jaguars with Machine Learning.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- An Overview of Avian Vaccination Options in Zoological Collections in Europe.Veterinary sciences · 2026Review
- Effect of dairy calf rearing systems on affective states.Discover animals · 2026Review
- Vitamin D status in North American managed black rhinoceros (Conservation physiology · 2026Article
- Enclosures with flexible structures stimulate species-typical locomotion, but not locomotion quantity, in zoo-housed Bornean orangutans (Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2026Article
- A study of animal welfare in 11 species across 16 Zoos using M-AWAG and its correlations with environmental variables.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- A Guidance for Diagnosis, Control Measures, and Surveillance of Leptospirosis in Non-Human Primates From a Veterinary Perspective in a One-Health Approach.Journal of medical primatology · 2025Review
- Pasture Heterogeneity Improves Donkey Welfare: Effects of Structural Variation, Species Diversity, and Sward Height on Herd Emotional States.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- The Effects of Light on Vertebrate Welfare: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- An update on captive cetacean welfare.PeerJ · 2025Review
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- Effects of Enclosure Complexity and Design on Behaviour and Physiology in Captive Animals.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
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- Life beyond a jar: Effects of tank size and furnishings on the behaviour and welfare of Siamese fighting fish (Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2024Article
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- Keeping reptiles as pets in Brazil: keepers' motivations and husbandry practices.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
The complexity of the habitat refers to its physical geometry, which includes abiotic and biotic elements. Habitat complexity is important because it allows more species to coexist and, consequently, more interactions to be established among them. The complexity of the habitat links the physical structure of the enclosure to the biological interactions, which occur within its limits. Enclosure complexity should vary temporally, to be able to influence the animals in different ways, depending on the period of the day and season and throughout the year. In the present paper, we discuss how habitat complexity is important, and how it can positively influence the physical and mental states of zoo animals. We show how habitat complexity can ultimately affect educational projects. Finally, we discuss how we can add complexity to enclosures and, thus, make the lives of animals more interesting and functional.
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