Management and husbandry guidelines for Shoebills Balaeniceps rex in captivity

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 181-189

  Muir, A ^a   King, C E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Am Rieselbach   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding; Captivity; Guidelines; Husbandry; Management; Shoe billed stork; Shoebill

Indexed keywords

BALAENICEPS REX;

EID: 84876071977     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2012.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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