Laying hens do not discriminate between video images of conspecifics

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 903-912

  D'Eath, Richard B ^a   Dawkins, Marian Stamp ^a  

^a Department of Zoology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; GALLUS SP.; GALLUS GALLUS DOMESTICUS;

DISCRIMINATION; DOMESTIC HEN; VIDEO IMAGE;

EID: 0030274202     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0238     Document Type: Article

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