Do neck-collars affect the behaviour and condition of Black Swans (Cygnus atratus)?

Emu

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 248-251

  Guay, P J ^a,b   Mulder, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Animal welfare; Body condition; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY CONDITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SPECIES CONCEPT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WATERFOWL;

ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS ATRATUS;

EID: 70349215196     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU09020     Document Type: Article

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