Social Behavior of Psittacine Birds

Manual of Parrot Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 43-48

  Seibert, Lynne M ^a  

^a VCA Veterinary Specialty Center of Seattle   (United States)

Author keywords

Components; Efficiency; Feathers; Problems; Psittacine birds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889819420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470344651.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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