Development, direction, and damage limitation: Social learning in domestic fowl

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-81

  Nicol, Christine J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Langford House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CHICKEN; FEEDING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING; FOWL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 2342622678     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03196008     Document Type: Review

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