Individual and social determinants of spontaneous group movements in cattle and sheep

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1319-1326

  Ramseyer, A ^a,b   Boissy, A ^a   Thierry, B ^b   Dumont, B ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Group movement; Group order; Social relationship; Temperament; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA;

EID: 70350574186     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109004790     Document Type: Article

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