Influência de enriquecimentos ambientais e tamanho do recinto no comportamento de felinos silvestres

Abstract

I would like to thank the following people who have made this thesis possible. Both of my supervisors Prof. Dr. Gelson Genaro and Prof. Dr. Mateus José Rodrigues Paranhos da Costa, for giving me their support during my PhD and for believing in my work. Dr. Ruth Ramsay, for accepting me in Ireland, supporting, guiding and providing me with the incredible opportunities and the amazing experience that I had in the School of Biological Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) in University College Cork (UCC). Dr. Thomas Quirke, for his collaboration on my thesis, contributing to the statistical analysis and giving suggestions on the text. Also, for putting me in contact with Dr. Ramsay, which made my Irish experience possible. Mr. Sean McKeown for allowing me to carry out my research in Fota Wildlife Park, with the cheetahs and tigers housed there, and giving me the support needed to make the study possible.