The nature and strength of social motivations in young farmed silver fox vixens (Vulpes vulpes)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 357-372

  Hovland, Anne Lene ^a   Mason, Georgia J ^b   Kirkden, Richard D ^c   Bakken, Morten ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fox; Motivation; Operant method; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

CANID; FIGHTING; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROOMING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PLAY; SIGNAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 41749098087     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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