Effects of prenatal exposure to corticosterone on filial imprinting in the domestic chick, Gallus gallus domesticus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1217-1228

  Nordgreen, Janicke ^a   Janczak, Andrew M ^a   Bakken, Morten ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HORMONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMPRINTING; POULTRY; STEROID;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33751198711     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.02.025     Document Type: Article

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