Water bathing alters threat perception in starlings

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 379-381

  Brilot, Ben O ^a   Bateson, Melissa ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Bathing; European starling; Sturnus vulgaris; Threat perception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BATHING WATER; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; PASSERINE; PERCEPTION; PREDATION; TAXONOMY; VIGILANCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84861497495     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1200     Document Type: Article

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