Reactions of nomadic and resident parrot species

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 244-256

  Mettke Hofmann, C ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial objects; Captivity; Environmental enrichment; Exploratory behaviour; Migratory behaviour; Plucking behaviour; Rank order; Sexual differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973151051     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2000.tb00730.x     Document Type: Article

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