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Roosting Perch Preference

Roosting Perch Preference is a behavioral ecology construct that denotes an individual bird's non-random selection of specific structural and spatial characteristics of perching sites used for resting or sleeping, distinguishing it from general roost site selection by focusing on microhabitat features at the immediate perch level.

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Effect of perches in laying cages on welfare and production of hens

E.T. Duncan, M. C. Appleby, B. O. Hughes · British Poultry Science · 1992 · 146 citations

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Individual perching behaviour of laying hens and its effects in cages

M. C. Appleby, Stuart F. Smith, B. O. Hughes · British Poultry Science · 1992 · 87 citations

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Why hummingbirds hover and honeyeaters perch

Graham H. Pyke · Animal Behaviour · 1981 · 52 citations

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Perch use by laying hens in a commercial aviary

Dana L. M. Campbell, Maja M. Makagon, Janice Swanson et al. · Poultry Science · 2016 · 47 citations · Full text

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Perch compliance and experience affect destination choice of brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis)

Anne Mauro, C. Bruce Jayne · Zoology · 2015 · 43 citations

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Authors

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  1. MC
    M. C. Appleby

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 233 citations

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  2. BO
    B. O. Hughes

    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 233 citations

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  3. KS
    Karen Steenhof

    Boise State University, United States

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  4. SF
    Stuart F. Smith

    Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 87 citations

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  5. CW
    Chunbo Wei

    Sun Yat-sen University, China

    1 publications · 26 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

    Swindon, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    233 citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    466 citations

  3. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  4. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

    Tallahassee, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  5. Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

    Greifswald, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    72 citations

  6. Mississippi State University

    Starkville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  7. Claremont Colleges

    Claremont, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  8. Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University

    Daqing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

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Venues

  1. Applied Animal Behaviour Science

    3 publications · 80 citations

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  2. British Poultry Science

    2 publications · 233 citations

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  3. Journal of Wildlife Management

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  4. Ibis

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. Animal Behaviour

    1 publications · 52 citations

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