Distance and social recognition in hens: Implications for the use of photographs as social stimuli

Behaviour

Volumn 133, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 663-680

  Dawkins, Marian Stamp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird vision; Photographic stimuli; Social recognition

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC HEN; RECOGNITION; VISION;

GALLUS GALLUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0030429976     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853996x00413     Document Type: Article

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