Reactivity to isolation and association with conspecifics: A temperament trait stable across time and situations

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 109, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 355-373

  Lansade, Léa ^a   Bouissou, Marie France ^a   Erhard, Hans W ^b  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conspecific association; Equus caballus; Horse; Isolation; Stability; Temperament; Trait

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CONSPECIFIC; HORSE; TESTING METHOD;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 37449030698     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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