Synchronization and leadership in switches between resting and activity in a beef cattle herd-A case study

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 327-331

  Šárová, Radka ^a,b   Špinka, Marek ^a   Panamá, José L Arias ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Activity synchronization; Beef cattle; Dominance; Leadership

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BODY MASS; CATTLE; DOMINANCE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; UNGULATA;

EID: 36148944519     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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