Egg-laying behaviour and nest-site selection of domestic hens kept in small floor-pens
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Applied Animal Behaviour Science
- Vol. 14 (1) , 75-88
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1591(85)90039-5
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