Relative value of a nest box, sand floor and extra space during the breeding season in adult blue fox males

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 192-200

  Koistinen, Tarja ^a,b   Jauhiainen, Lauri ^b   Korhonen, Hannu T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Enrichment; Fur farming; Motivation; Preference; Vulpes lagopus

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CANID; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; NEST BOX; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SAND;

CANIDAE; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 69249221322     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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