Technical restrictions of computer-manipulated visual stimuli and display units for studying animal behaviour

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 737-751

  Baldauf, Sebastian A ^a   Kullmann, Harald ^a   Bakker, Theo C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; STANDARDIZATION; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 46749134363     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01520.x     Document Type: Review

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