Life in a variable world: Behaviour, welfare and environmental design

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-19

  Appleby, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cost benefit analysis; Economics; Environmental design; Feeding behaviour; Nest site selection; Response; Social behaviour; Stimulus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030828088     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01197-5     Document Type: Article

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