Perching behaviour in chickens and its relation to spatial ability

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 165-179

  Wichman, Anette ^a   Heikkilä, Matti ^b   Valros, Anna ^b   Forkman, Björn ^c   Keeling, Linda J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chickens; Perching; Rearing; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; POULTRY; REARING; SPATIAL COGNITION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 34247479670     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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