Ethological and experimental approaches to behavior analysis: Implications for ecotoxicology

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages 299-305

  Cohn, Jeffrey ^a,b   MacPhail, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior analysis; Environmental pollutants; Ethology; Methods

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029982551     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s2299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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