Activity budgets of Common Eiders in different housing environments

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Jacques Prescott

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When kept in two different captive environments, 19 Common Eiders Somateria m. mollissima showed striking differences in their activity budgets. In a large outdoor enclosure, locomotion and feeding were significantly more frequent than in a smaller indoor pen, and the birds spent more time in the water. Time spent preening did not differ.

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Prescott, J. (1981). Activity budgets of Common Eiders in different housing environments. Wildfowl, 65–68. Retrieved from https://tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/article/view/154190
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Wildfowl 32
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