Clusters in social behaviour of female domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) living in confinement

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-131

  Van den Bos, Ruud ^a,b   De Vries, Han ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATUS; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS;

EID: 0030424272     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02348869     Document Type: Article

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