Peck orders and group size in laying hens: 'Futures contracts' for non-aggression

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-25

  Pagel, M ^a   Dawkins, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Animal welfare; Dominance; Individual recognition; Peck order; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIGHTING; GROUP DYNAMICS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; DOMESTIC HEN; GROUP SIZE; PECK ORDER;

GALLUS GALLUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0030609693     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(96)00761-9     Document Type: Article

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