Changes in social environment induce higher emotional disturbances than changes in physical environment in quail

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 307-320

  Valance, Dorothée ^a   Boissy, Alain ^b   Després, Gérard ^b   Arnould, Cécile ^a   Galand, Caroline ^a   Favreau, Angélique ^a   Constantin, Paul ^a   Leterrier, Christine ^a  

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

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Novelty; Quail; Social

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; FAMILIARITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 45249102436     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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