Does sex affect both individual and collective vigilance in social mammalian herbivores: The case of the eastern grey kangaroo?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 757-767

  Pays, Olivier ^a,b,c   Jarman, Peter J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b 2C2A Centre de Recherche et de Formation en Eco Ethologie   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Group collective vigilance; Group living; Individual vigilance; Sex differences; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

GROUP SIZE; HERBIVORE; MARSUPIAL; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNCHRONY; VIGILANCE;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38849156372     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0501-4     Document Type: Article

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