Effect of group size on individual and collective vigilance in greater rheas

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 413-425

  Fernández, Gustavo J ^a,b   Capurro, Angel F ^b   Reboreda, Juan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; TIME ALLOCATION; VIGILANCE;

AVES; RHEA; RHEA AMERICANA; RHEIFORMES;

EID: 0037911570     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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