Assessing dominance in sheep in a competitive situation: Level of motivation and test duration

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 277-292

  Erhard, Hans W ^a   Fàbrega, Emma ^b   Stanworth, Glyn ^a   Elston, David A ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Dominance; Food withdrawal; Motivation; Sheep

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 1242345129     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2003.09.013     Document Type: Article

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