Effects of resource allocation on behavioural strategies: A comparison of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) and two domesticated breeds of poultry

Ethology

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 753-765

  Schütz, Karin E ^a   Jensen, Per ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREED; DIET; DOMESTICATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT;

DOMESTIC SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POULTRY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034868657     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2001.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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