Effects of domestication on filial motivation and imprinting in chicks: comparison of red junglefowl and White Leghorns

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-295

  Kirkden, Richard D ^a   Lindqvist, Christina ^a   Jensen, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

chicken; domestic fowl; domestication; filial imprinting; filial motivation; Gallus gallus; learning; preference; red junglefowl; White Leghorn

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; JUVENILE; LEARNING; POULTRY;

GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 46849104495     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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