The association between performance in show-jumping and personality traits earlier in life

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-295

  Visser, E K ^a,b   Van Reenen, C G ^a   Engel, B ^a   Schilder, M B H ^b   Barneveld, A ^b   Blokhuis, H J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioural tests; Horses; Individual differences; Performance; Personality; Prediction

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HORSE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRAINING;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0037523547     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(03)00083-2     Document Type: Article

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