Fractal analysis of the ambulation pattern of Japanese quail

British Poultry Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-170

  Kembro, J M ^a   Perillo, M A ^a   Pury, P A ^a   Satterlee, D G ^b   Marin, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COTURNIX; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COTURNIX; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FRACTALS; LOCOMOTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66349132468     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660802710116     Document Type: Article

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