Aggression and social spacing in light horse (Equus caballus) mares and foals

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 319-337

  Weeks, J W ^a   Crowell Davis, S L ^a   Caudle, A B ^a   Heusner, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance relationships; Horse; Sex differences; Social ontogeny

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034085867     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00126-4     Document Type: Article

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