How enrichment affects exploration trade-offs in rats: Implications for welfare and well-being

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Franks, Becca ^a   Champagne, Frances A ^a   Higgins, E Tory ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LONG EVANS RAT; RAT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84893471377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083578     Document Type: Article

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