Concurrent schedules of reinforcement as a method to quantify the relative attractiveness of two rooting materials

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 147-151

  Pedersen, Lene Juul ^a   Jensen, Margit Bak ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Operant conditioning; Pigs; Preferences; Rooting materials

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONING; PEAT; PIG; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; STRAW; TESTING METHOD;

SUIDAE;

EID: 34548415063     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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