T-maze behaviour in domestic chicks: A search for underlying variables

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 211-217

  Jones, R Bryan ^a   Marin, Raul H ^b,c   Garcia, Daniel A ^b,d   Arce, Augusto ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0032773579     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1147     Document Type: Article

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