Pair bonding and lateral neck-resting preferences in captive Caribbean flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber)

Laterality

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 565-582

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

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flamingos; Laterality; Pair bond; Resting behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CENTRAL AMERICA; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NECK; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRDS; CARIBBEAN REGION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MALE; NECK; PAIR BOND; REST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84866441009     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2011.589519     Document Type: Article

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