Foraging inequalities in large groups: Quantifying depletion experienced by individuals in goose flocks

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-108

  Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^a   Pettifor, Richard A ^a   Carbone, Chris ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barnacle geese; Costs of aggregation; Feeding competition; Individual variation; Social foraging

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DISPERSION; FEEDING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER SP.; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 1642441442     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2004.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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