Animal Behavior Abstracts, Volume 25Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, 1997 - Animal behavior |
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... chicks unguarded does not seem to be based on the condition of the chicks , but on that of adults . Fledging age was negatively cor- related with hatching date , and this effect was more marked in the year with poor growth performance ...
... chicks unguarded does not seem to be based on the condition of the chicks , but on that of adults . Fledging age was negatively cor- related with hatching date , and this effect was more marked in the year with poor growth performance ...
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... chicks of both lines were ' trained ' to peck , scratch and dustbathe on a skin of feathers and subsequently tested ... chicks of the HFP line pecked and dustbathed significantly less on sand than did those of the LFP line and ...
... chicks of both lines were ' trained ' to peck , scratch and dustbathe on a skin of feathers and subsequently tested ... chicks of the HFP line pecked and dustbathed significantly less on sand than did those of the LFP line and ...
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... chicks , but in the King penguin , prolactin secretion is observed throughout the entire period of parental care , despite the fact that the birds leave the egg and the chick repeatedly and for extended peri- ods of time to feed ...
... chicks , but in the King penguin , prolactin secretion is observed throughout the entire period of parental care , despite the fact that the birds leave the egg and the chick repeatedly and for extended peri- ods of time to feed ...
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