Early social influence on nestling development in waldrapp ibis (Geronticus eremita)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 467-480

  Tintner, Angelika ^a,b   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a,b,c  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle   (Austria)

Author keywords

Growth; Hand raising; Nestling competition; Ontogeny; Socialization; Threskiornithidae

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; GERONTICUS; GERONTICUS EREMITA; IBIS; THRESKIORNITHIDAE;

EID: 0036035019     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.10050     Document Type: Article

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