Female degus (Octodon degus) monitor their environment while foraging socially

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 441-448

  Quirici, Verónica ^a   Castro, Rodrigo A ^a   Oyarzún, Javiera ^a   Ebensperger, Luis A ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Degus; Scanning; Social foraging; Vigilance coordination; Visual obstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY POSTURE; COOPERATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCTODON; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; OCTODON; POSTURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

MAMMALIA; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 46549085703     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-007-0134-z     Document Type: Article

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