Genetic analysis of hunting behaviour in Swedish Flatcoated Retrievers

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 289-298

  Lindberg, Sofia ^a   Strandberg, Erling ^a   Swenson, Lennart ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dogs; Genetic correlations; Heritability; Hunting traits

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING; CANID; HERITABILITY; HUNTING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 4243062653     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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