Social relationships in a herd of Sorraia horses. Part II. Factors affecting affiliative relationships and sexual behaviours

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-239

  Heitor, Filipa ^a   do Mar Oom, Maria ^a   Vicente, Luís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Affiliative relationship; Aggressiveness; Equus; Horse; Kinship; Rank

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE DETERMINATION; AGGRESSION; DOMINANCE; HORSE; KINSHIP; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; KIN SELECTION; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; RELATIVE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STALLION;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HORSES; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33750004545     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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