What behavior is important behavior? A systematic review of how wild and zoo-housed animals differ in their time-activity budgets

Natural behavior performance in captive animals is traditionally utilized as a metric to establish welfare states, with an increase in natural behavior associated with positive welfare. Captive environments, including zoos strive to replicate ecologically relevant environments that promote species-s...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Ethology
Main Authors:	Robert Kelly, Marianne Freeman, Paul Rose
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-01-01
Subjects:	zoo animal welfare behavioral flexibility time activity budgets zoo animal behavior wild and captive animal behavior
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fetho.2025.1517294/full