Use of visual cover by domestic fowl: A venetian blind effect?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 387-395

  Newberry, Ruth C ^a,c   Shackleton, David M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031213738     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0421     Document Type: Article

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