The role of recent experience and weight on hen's agonistic behaviour during dyadic conflict resolution

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-170

  Martin, François ^a   Beaugrand, Jacques P ^a   Laguë, Paul C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agonistic experience; Dominance; Gallus domesticus; Hen; Individual differences; Site familiarity; Size of comb an wattles; Weight

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMB; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEN; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WEIGHT;

EID: 0030733503     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(97)00044-2     Document Type: Article

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