Species-specific auditory preference of bobwhite quail chicks (Colinus virginianus) is altered by social interaction with siblings Article

Lickliter, R. (1989). Species-specific auditory preference of bobwhite quail chicks (Colinus virginianus) is altered by social interaction with siblings . 103(3), 221-226. 10.1037/0735-7036.103.3.221

cited authors

  • Lickliter, R

authors

abstract

  • Incubator-reared chicks exhibit a strong preference for the species-typical bobwhite maternal call over a group of small-aged siblings in simultaneous choice tests at 24 hr and 48 hr after hatching, but only if the birds are kept in relative social isolation. No preference for the maternal call was found at 24 hr or at 48 hr if chicks were reared in a group of same-aged chicks from hatching and tested to the maternal call vs. siblings or the maternal call paired with a live adult bobwhite hen vs. siblings. -from Author

publication date

  • January 1, 1989

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start page

  • 221

end page

  • 226

volume

  • 103

issue

  • 3