Evidence of a dominance hierarchy in captive Caribbean flamingos and its relation to pair bonding and physiological measures of health

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-70

  Royer, Erica A ^a   Anderson, Matthew J ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean flamingos; Dominance hierarchy; H L ratio

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; DOMINANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WATERFOWL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARIBBEAN FLAMINGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HERD; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIR BONDING; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; HEALTH STATUS; PAIR BOND; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897563490     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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