Philosophy of environmental enrichment: Past, present, and future

By J. Mellen, Marty Sevenich MacPhee. 2001

318 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Genetics, Small Animals, Social Psychology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/f344f615b34cc2146addc3a3b50c6eed79e74946

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In Genetics

1. R. Swaisgood
2. Sara E. Williams
3. D. Shepherdson
4. Bonnie M. Perdue
5. E. Hoffman
6. T. Maple

In Small Animals

1. R. Swaisgood
2. Bonnie M. Perdue
3. T. Maple
4. D. Shepherdson
5. K. Carlstead

In Social Psychology

1. Bonnie M. Perdue
2. T. Maple
3. R. Swaisgood
4. D. Shepherdson

Citations in the corpus

• Individual and environmental factors associated with stereotypic behavior and fecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in zoo housed polar bears (2013, background): “Environmental enrichment is a rather broad term that covers a range of potentially beneficial modifications to the captive environment from stimuli designed to encourage exploration, foraging, and other “natural behaviors”, to stimulation of the senses and engagement of cognitive function (Newberry,”
• Minimizing genetic adaptation in captive breeding programs: A review (2009, background): “Many zoos have begun to house animals in more natural exhibits that allow animals to perform innate behaviors (Maple and Finlay, 1989; Ogden et al., 1990; Mellen and Sevenich MacPhee, 2001).”
• Environmental enrichment as a strategy for mitigating stereotypies in zoo animals: a literature review and meta-analysis. (2006, background): “Recent years, however, have seen a growing call for a more formal, goal-oriented approach (e.g. Mellen et al., 1998; Mellen and MacPhee, 2001; Shepherdson, 2002).”
• Zoo Animal Welfare (2013, background): “Mellen and MacPhee (2001) made a number of salient recommendations about enrichment programs.”
• Scientific approaches to enrichment and stereotypies in zoo animals: what's been done and where should we go next? (2005, background): “Often a heavy emphasis is placed on the importance of providing enrichment that is appropriate to the specific biology (to the extent to which it is known) of the species under consideration [ Mellen and MacPhee, 2001 ].”