Generalization of fear in farm mink, Mustela vison, genetically selected for behaviour towards humans

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 487-501

  Malmkvist, Jens ^a   Hansen, Steffen W ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; MUSTELID; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 0036402507     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.3058     Document Type: Article

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