Distance from Water, Sex and Approach Direction Influence Flight Distances Among Habituated Black Swans

Ethology

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 552-558

  Guay, Patrick Jean ^a   Lorenz, Rachael D A ^a   Robinson, Randall W ^a   Symonds, Matthew R E ^b   Weston, Michael A ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PEDESTRIAN; REFUGE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WATER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS ATRATUS;

EID: 84878977159     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12094     Document Type: Article

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