The effect of housing rats in a stimulus rich versus stimulus poor environment on preference measured by sigmoid double demand curves

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 342-354

  Holm, Louise ^a   Ladewig, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Demand curves; Environmental enrichment; Environmental stimulation; Preferences; Rats

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; RESOURCE SELECTION; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34948881864     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.09.019     Document Type: Article

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