Body size and fluctuating asymmetry in relation to cannibalistic behaviour in laying hens

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 609-615

  Yngvesson, Jenny ^a   Keeling, Linda J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; MORTALITY; PREDATION; WILD RELATIVE;

BIRD; BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034965594     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1616     Document Type: Article

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