The use of operant technology to measure behavioral priorities in captive animals

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 427-434

  Cooper, Jonathan J ^a,c   Mason, Georgia J ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MICROCLIMATE; MINK; REVIEW;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; MINK;

EID: 0035433534     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195397     Document Type: Article

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