Preferred neck-resting position predicts aggression in Caribbean flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber)

Laterality

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 629-638

  Anderson, Matthew J ^a   Williams, Sarah A ^a   Bono, Amanda J ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Flamingos; Laterality; Resting; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY POSTURE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NECK; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ZOO ANIMAL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; NECK; POSTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78149371222     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500903081814     Document Type: Article

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