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- Authors
- Richter, S. H., Kästner, N., Kriwet, M., Kaiser, S., & Sachser, N.
- Affiliations
- University of Münster (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Richter, S. Helene
- Venue
- Animal Behaviour
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-04
- Volume
- 114
- Pages
- 261-271
- ISSN
- 0003-3472 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2298654909
- Semantic Scholar
- a76854b4b47dba00303b861827e7b83af925a394
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 76
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 5.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Animal Behaviour (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- German Research Foundation (DFG, SFB/TRR58, Project A1)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Keywords
- anxiety-like behavior, exploratory locomotion, interindividual variability, C57BL/6J mice, animal welfare indicators, individuality, state anxiety
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