Decision-making in group departures of female domestic geese

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-371

  Ramseyer, Amandine ^a   Petit, Odile ^a   Thierry, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Anser domesticus; Collective; Movement; Pre departure; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER ANSER; AVES;

EID: 59649109777     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853909X410955     Document Type: Article

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