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Social Facilitation Revisited: Increase in Foraging Efforts and Synchronization of Running in Domestic Chicks

Social influences on foraging efforts were examined in domestic chicks by investigating the frequency of runs made to feeders and the amount of pecking to gain food. Single or paired chicks foraged in an I-shaped maze equipped with a millet feeder on each end, that distributed one or two grains at v...

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Autores principales: Ogura, Yukiko, Matsushima, Toshiya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Research Foundation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3142821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21811436
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2011.00091