Mule cognition: A case of hybrid vigour?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-84

  Proops, Leanne ^a   Burden, Faith ^b   Osthaus, Britta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b THE DONKEY SANCTUARY   (United Kingdom)

^c CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Discrimination learning; Heterosis; Horse; Mule

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HETEROSIS; HORSE; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HYBRID VIGOR; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 58549114174     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0172-1     Document Type: Article

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