Physical distances among individuals in flocks of greater flamingoes (Phoenicopterus ruber) are affected by human disturbance

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-85

  Yosef, Reuven ^a  

^a Ben Gurion University of the Negev Eilat Campus   (Israel)

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