Divergent Selection for Social Reinstatement Behaviour in Japanese Quail: Effects on Sociality and Social Discrimination

Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 213-223

  Jones, R Bryan ^a   Mills, Andrew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic selection; Japanese quails; Social discrimination; Social reinstatement behaviour; Sociality; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348098649     PISSN: 14702061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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