Ontogeny of chick behavior: a tool for monitoring the growth and development of lesser adjutant storks
Abstract 10.1002/zoo.20156.abs We studied the behavioral development of seven lesser adjutant stork (Leptoptilos javanicus) chicks from hatching to fledging over three breeding seasons at the Bronx Zoo. We developed an ethogram and compared the rate at which behaviors appeared in relation to brood size, sex, and the conditions in which the chicks were raised by […]