Group housing of adult silver fox (Vulpes vulpes) vixens in autumn: Agonistic behaviour during the first days subsequent to mixing

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 154-162

  Hovland, Anne Lene ^a   Akre, Anne Kathrine ^a   Bakken, Morten ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aggression; Agonistic behaviour; Fox; Group housing; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CANID; DOMINANCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INJURY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 77955845493     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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