The effects of weight asymmetry and resource distribution on aggression in groups of unacquainted pigs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-120

  Andersen, Inger Lise ^a   Andenæs, Hilde ^a   Bøe, Knut Egil ^a   Jensen, Per ^b   Bakken, Morten ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Heterogeneous; Homogenous; Pigs; Resource; Weight asymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034630928     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00092-7     Document Type: Article

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