Mutual grooming and preferred associate relationships in a band of free-ranging horses

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 265-276

  Kimura, Rikako ^a,b  

^a Equine Museum of Japan   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dominance entropy; Grooming; Horses

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; GROOMING; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNGULATE;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0031679165     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00129-9     Document Type: Article

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