Developing a Metric of Usable Space for Zoo Exhibits

The size of animal exhibits has important effects on their lives and welfare. However, most references to exhibit size only consider floor space and height dimensions, without considering the space afforded by usable features within the exhibit. In this paper, we develop two possible methods for mea...

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Autores principales: Browning, Heather, Maple, Terry L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6470268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31031672
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00791
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description The size of animal exhibits has important effects on their lives and welfare. However, most references to exhibit size only consider floor space and height dimensions, without considering the space afforded by usable features within the exhibit. In this paper, we develop two possible methods for measuring the usable space of zoo exhibits and apply these to a sample exhibit. Having a metric for usable space in place will provide a better reflection of the quality of different exhibits, and enhance comparisons between exhibits.
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spelling pubmed-64702682019-04-26 Developing a Metric of Usable Space for Zoo Exhibits Browning, Heather Maple, Terry L. Front Psychol Psychology The size of animal exhibits has important effects on their lives and welfare. However, most references to exhibit size only consider floor space and height dimensions, without considering the space afforded by usable features within the exhibit. In this paper, we develop two possible methods for measuring the usable space of zoo exhibits and apply these to a sample exhibit. Having a metric for usable space in place will provide a better reflection of the quality of different exhibits, and enhance comparisons between exhibits. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6470268/ /pubmed/31031672 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00791 Text en Copyright © 2019 Browning and Maple. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_short Developing a Metric of Usable Space for Zoo Exhibits
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6470268/
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