Conditioned inhibition of social approach in male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) using visual exposure to a female

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-169

  Crawford, Lawrence L ^a   Domjan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned inhibition; Learning; Quail; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

COTURNIX JAPONICA; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; QUAIL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRAINING;

EID: 0029915799     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-6357(95)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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