Open-field behavior in domestic chicks tested individually or in pairs: Differential effects of painted lines delineating subdivisions of the floor

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 396-400

  Jones, R Bryan ^a   Carmichael, Nina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 24044521042     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03200593     Document Type: Article

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