Peer attraction in white Peking ducklings (Anas platyhynchos)

Parent-offspring relationships have been studied much more than the relationships among siblings in precocial birds (those that are highly developed upon hatching). It is suggested that the attraction to siblings and unrelated peers in precocial birds is not of the same sort as the rapid attachment...

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Main Author: Darczewska, Marta
Language:en_US
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/2064