What makes flee-range broiler chickens range? In situ measurement of habitat preference

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 151-160

  Dawkins, Marian Stamp ^a   Cook, Paul A ^b,c   Whittingham, Mark J ^a   Mansell, Katherine A ^a   Harper, Amy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Premier Fresh Foods   (United Kingdom)

^c The Field Station   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; HABITAT SELECTION; POULTRY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0041811888     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2172     Document Type: Article

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