Social preferences in Japanese quail chicks from lines selected for low or high social reinstatement motivation: Effects of number and line identity of the stimulus birds

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 353-363

  Carmichael, Nina L ^a   Bryan Jones, R ^a   Mills, Andrew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

Genetics; Japanese quail; Line discrimination Social reinstatement motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344765503     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00151-2     Document Type: Article

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