Aggression and dominance in matched groups of subadult Icelandic horses (Equus caballus)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-248

  Vervaecke, Hilde ^a,e   Stevens, Jeroen M G ^b,c   Vandemoortele, Harold ^d   Sigurjónsdóttir, Hrefna ^d   De Vries, Han ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e Department of Behavioural Biology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance; Equus; Hierarchy; Steepness

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 34548167568     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-006-0019-7     Document Type: Article

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