Blue foxes' motivation to gain access to solid floors and the effect of the floor material on their behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 236-246

  Koistinen, Tarja ^a   Mononen, Jaakko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Behaviour; Demand function; Floor material; Fur farming

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CANID; SAND;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; MURIDAE; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 46849111988     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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