Male rank order, space use and female attachment in large flocks of laying hens

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 83-94

  Odén, Kristina ^a,b   Berg, Charlotte ^a   Gunnarsson, Stefan ^a   Algers, Bo ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Female attachment; Laying hens; Males; Rank order; Space use

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; POULTRY; SPACE USE;

AVES;

EID: 2642583474     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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