Blue foxes' motivation for access to an earth floor measured by operant conditioning

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 328-341

  Koistinen, Tarja ^a   Ahola, Leena ^a   Mononen, Jaakko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Animal welfare; Demand functions; Floor material; Fur farming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; CONDITIONING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; MURIDAE; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 34948866323     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.09.024     Document Type: Article

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