Courtship behaviour of ostriches (Struthio camelus) towards humans under farming conditions in Britain

British Poultry Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 477-481

  Bubier, N E ^a,e   Paxton, C G M ^b   Bowers, P ^b   Deeming, D C ^c,d  

^a Gn Coll Ctr Environ Plcy U   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Canterbury ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTRICH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 0032151959     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669888629     Document Type: Article

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