Responses to supemormal stimuli and their implications for animal welfare: Can animals have too much of a good thing?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-51

  Mendl, Michael ^a,b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030727575     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01208-7     Document Type: Article

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