Decreasing aggression with increasing group size in young domestic fowl

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-218

  Estevez, Inma ^a,b   Keeling, Linda J ^b   Newberry, Ruth C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Chickens; Despotism; Group size; Social behavior; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; GROUP SIZE; POULTRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0344153346     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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