Fear-related behaviour in Japanese quail divergently selected for body weight

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 87-98

  Jones, R Bryan ^a   Satterlee, Daniel G ^b   Marks, Henry L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Fear; Genetics selection; Growth; Japanese quail

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031001727     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01146-X     Document Type: Article

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