Lateralisation of trunk movements in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Laterality

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-422

  Haakonsson, Jane Ebert ^a   Semple, Stuart ^b  

^a Veterinary Department   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elephant; Laterality; Trunk

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; TRUNK; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELEPHANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GROOMING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PREGNANCY;

EID: 69849109756     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500802572442     Document Type: Article

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