Ontogeny of behavior of hand-reared and hen-reared captive houbara bustards

Zoo Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-255

  Van Heezik, Yolanda ^a,b   Seddon, Philip J ^a  

^a National Wildlife Research Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NWRC   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Avian; Behavioral development; Captive breeding; Chicks; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032367308     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1998)17:3<245::AID-ZOO7>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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