Taming parent-reared orange-winged Amazon parrots by neonatal handling

Zoo Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 177-187

  Aengus, Wendi L ^a   Millam, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazona amazonica; Captive propagation; Hand rearing; Neonatal handling

Indexed keywords

AMAZONA AMAZONICA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 0033464162     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1999)18:3<177::AID-ZOO2>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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