Aggression and group size in domesticated pigs, Sus scrofa: 'When the winner takes it all and the loser is standing small'

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 965-975

  Andersen, I L ^a   Naevdal E ^a,b   Bakken, M ^a   Boe K E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; GROUP SIZE; PIG; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 5344244056     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.12.016     Document Type: Article

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