Active and passive social support in families of greylag geese (Anser anser)

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1535-1557

  Scheiber, Isabella B R ^a   Weiß, Brigitte M ^a   Frigerio, Didone ^a   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a  

^a Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle für Ethologie ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Active social support; Agonistic interaction; Anser anser; Enzyme immuno assay (EIA); Greylag goose; Immunoreactive corticosterone metabolites; Passive social support; Social ally; Social density stress

Indexed keywords

ANSER; ANSER ANSER; AVES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33645179757     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853905774831873     Document Type: Article

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