Personality in felids: A review

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 1-13

  Gartner, Marieke Cassia ^a   Weiss, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cat; Felid; Meta analysis; Personality; Reliability; Temperament; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DOMESTIC SPECIES; FELID; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TERMINOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 84873716690     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.11.010     Document Type: Review

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