Hand-rearing reduces fear of humans in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Feenders, Gesa ^a   Bateson, Melissa ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HAND REARING; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; REARING; STARLING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; BREEDING; DOWN-REGULATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STARLINGS;

EID: 79952171352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017466     Document Type: Article

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