The influence of hunger on object play by adult domestic cats

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Hall, Sarah L ^a   Bradshaw, John W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cat; Motivation; Play behaviour; Predatory behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031818942     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00136-6     Document Type: Article

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