Blue foxes’ motivation for access to an earth floor measured by operant conditioning

The aims of the present series of experiments were to measure farmed blue foxes’ motivation for access to an earth floor exploiting operant conditioning, and to analyse the foxes’ behaviour on the earth floor in different seasons. Six farm-born blue fox males were used in the experiments. The foxes’...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Applied animal behaviour science 2007-11, Vol.107 (3), p.328-341
Hauptverfasser:	Koistinen, Tarja, Ahola, Leena, Mononen, Jaakko
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alopex lagopus animal age animal behavior Animal welfare behavioral demand curves Demand functions farmed animal species Floor material floors foxes Fur farming motivation operant conditioning play behavior seasonal variation
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