Olfactory recognition of individual competitors by means of faeces in horse (Equus caballus)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-257

  Krueger, Konstanze ^a   Flauger, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equids; Faecal samples; Horse; Olfaction; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79951774550     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0358-1     Document Type: Article

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