The effect of social facilitation and social dominance on foraging success of budgerigars in an unfamiliar environment

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1121-1134

  Soma, Masayo ^a   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 10944220679     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539042664560     Document Type: Article

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