Demand functions for cage size in rabbits selectively bred for high and low activity in open-field

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 323-339

  Jezierski, Tadeusz ^a   Scheffler, Nina ^b   Bessei, Werner ^b   Schumacher, Erich ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cage size; Demand function; Open field; Operant conditioning; Rabbits; Selection

Indexed keywords

LAGOMORPH; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 23944434008     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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