Red jungle fowl have more contrafreeloading than White Leghorn layers: Effect of food deprivation and consequences for information gain

Behaviour

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1195-1209

  Lindqvist, Christina E S ^b   Schütz, Karin E ^b   Jensen, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

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EID: 0036767356     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685390260437335     Document Type: Article

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