The relationship between environmental factors and flamingo aggression examined via internet resources

Avian Biology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 215-220

  Peluso, Alicia I ^a   Royer, Erica A ^a   Wall, Matthew J ^a   Anderson, Matthew J ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian aggression; Flamingos; Weather effect on avian behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAMERA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLAMINGO; INTERNET; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; WADER; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHOENICOPTERIDAE;

EID: 84883433965     PISSN: 17581559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/175815513X13740436033839     Document Type: Article

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