Different responses in two strains of chickens (Gallus gallus) in a magnetic orientation test

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 547-552

  Freire, Rafael ^a,d   Munro, Ursula ^b   Rogers, Lesley J ^a   Sagasser, Sven ^c   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^c   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chickens; Gallus gallus; Magnetic compass orientation; Strain differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MAGNETISM; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; MAGNETICS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 46549083777     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0147-2     Document Type: Article

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