Influence of group size and neonatal handling on growth rates, survival, and tameness of juvenile houbara bustards

Zoo Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 423-433

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

^a National Wildlife Research Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Captive propagation; Chlamydotis undulata macqueeni; Environmental enrichment; Growth rates; Hand rearing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035731674     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.1040     Document Type: Article

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