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Perching Behavior

Perching Behavior is a species-typical roosting activity in which domestic fowl selectively occupy elevated substrates during rest or sleep, distinguished from other resting behaviors by its vertical spatial preference, limb coordination, and circadian timing.

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2K

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689

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2017–2026

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916

Interactions of Corticosterone with Feeding, Activity and Metabolism in Passerine Birds

Lee B. Astheimer, William A. Buttemer, John C. Wingfield · Ornis Scandinavica · 1992 · 468 citations

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The foraging behaviour and ecology of animal-eating bats

M. Brock Fenton · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 1990 · 395 citations

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The Effects of Morphology and Perch Diameter on Sprint Performance of <i>Anolis</i> Lizards

Jonathan B. Losos, Barry Sinervo · Journal of Experimental Biology · 1989 · 317 citations

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Individual differences in the use of social information in foraging by captive great tits

Chiara Marchetti, Piet J. Drent · Animal Behaviour · 2000 · 303 citations

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Effects of habitat and food resources on morphology and ontogenetic growth trajectories in perch

Richard Svanbäck, Peter Eklöv · Oecologia · 2002 · 239 citations

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Authors

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    B. O. Hughes

    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 598 citations

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  2. IE
    Inma Estévez

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    9 publications · 656 citations

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  3. LK
    Linda Keeling

    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

    9 publications · 821 citations

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  4. LS
    Lars Schrader

    Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany

    8 publications · 315 citations

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  5. MC
    M. C. Appleby

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 573 citations

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Institutions

689

  1. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    19 h-index

    46 publications

    3.1K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    45 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    11 h-index

    28 publications

    940 citations

  4. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    11 h-index

    26 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

    Swindon, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    1K citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    820 citations

  7. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

    Berlin, Germany

    10 h-index

    25 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. Animal Behaviour

    54 publications · 3.8K citations

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  2. Applied Animal Behaviour Science

    36 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. Ornithological Applications

    32 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. Environmental Biology of Fishes

    22 publications · 945 citations

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  5. British Poultry Science

    21 publications · 931 citations

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