Influence of size and asymmetry of sexual characters in the rooster and hen on the number of eggs laid

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-291

  Forkman, B ^a   Corr, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken; Egg; Laying behaviour; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; DOMESTIC HEN; EGG PRODUCTION; LAYING BEHAVIOUR; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

GALLUS GALLUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0030222744     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(96)01057-X     Document Type: Article

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