Evidence of directed interactions between individuals in captive flamingo flocks

Wildfowl

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 121-132

  Rose, P E ^a,b   Croft, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural observation; Ethogram; Phoencopteridae; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; CAPTIVE POPULATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WADER;

AVES; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHOENICOPTERUS;

EID: 84952768918     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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