The type of operant response affects the slope of the demand curve for food in mink

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 327-338

  Hansen, Steffen W ^a   Jensen, Margit B ^a   Pedersen, Lene J ^a   Munksgaard, Lene ^a   Ladewig, Jan ^b   Matthews, Lindsay ^c  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Demand function; Mink; Operant conditioning; Stereotypies

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA VISON; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037006834     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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