Assessment of motivation in the lizard, Chalcides ocellatus

Animal Welfare

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-69

  Skelton, T M ^a   Waran, N K ^a,b   Young, R J ^a  

^a Animal Department   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Eyed skink; Lizard; Motivation; Substrate deprivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013006656     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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