The behaviour of domestic cats in a shelter: Residence time, density and sex ratio

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 53-59

  Gouveia, Kelly ^a   Magalhães, Ana ^b   de Sousa, Liliana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cats; Female to male ratio; Room density; Shelter; Time spent in shelter

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DOMESTIC SPECIES; DRINKING; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FELID; GROOMING; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENCE TIME; SEX RATIO; SHELTER;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 78951491752     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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