Aggressive females seize central positions and show increased vigilance in brood-rearing coalitions of eiders

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-247

  Öst, Markus ^a   Jaatinen, Kim ^a   Steele, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Department of Natural Science   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; brood rearing coalition; eider; selfish herd; social foraging; Somateria mollissima; spatial position; vigilance

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGGRESSION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BROOD REARING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; SEABIRD; VIGILANCE;

SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 33846428104     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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