Head Orientation and Trajectory of Locomotion during Jumping and Walking in Domestic Chicks

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-58

  Green, Patrick R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken; Gaze direction; Head orientation; Visuomotor control

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUMBA; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; HEAD MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; LOCOMOTION; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031601919     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006529     Document Type: Article

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