Scientific Foundations of Zoos and Aquariums - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

In Memoriam

pp v-vi

Epigraph

pp vii-viii

Contents

pp ix-xii

Contributors

pp xiii-xvi

Acknowledgments

pp xvii-xviii

Introduction

pp 1-42

Part I - Programs and Initiatives

pp 43-188

1 - Evolving Approaches to Zoo-Based Conservation

pp 45-63

2 - Protecting an Underwater Rainforest

pp 64-90

3 - Headstarting as a Conservation Strategy for Threatened and Endangered Species

pp 91-111

4 - Strategic Gene Banking for Conservation

pp 112-146

5 - The Environmental Education Program at São Paulo Zoo (Brazil)

pp 147-170

6 - Conservation and Education through Dolphin Research and Eco-Tourism

pp 171-188

Part II - Captive Care and Management

pp 189-324

7 - Lear’s Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari) Ex Situ Breeding Program at São Paulo Zoo

pp 191-211

8 - Measuring Welfare through Behavioral Observation and Adjusting It with Dynamic Environments

pp 212-240

9 - Empowering Zoo Animals

pp 241-273

10 - Transforming the Nutrition of Zoo Primates (or How We Became Known as Loris Man and That Evil Banana Woman)

pp 274-303

11 - Tough Questions, Complex Answers

pp 304-324

Part III - Saving Species

pp 325-474

12 - Fly Away Home

pp 327-338

13 - Back into European Wildlife

pp 339-366

14 - The Thin Green Line

pp 367-399

15 - Condor Conservation Comes Home to Roost

pp 400-439

16 - Saving the Black-Footed Ferret from Extinction

pp 440-474

Part IV - Basic Research

pp 475-645

17 - “Largest Breeding Colony Outside of Australia”

pp 477-489