Heart rate responses to agonistic encounters in greylag geese, Anser anser

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 955-961

  Wascher, Claudia A F ^a   Scheiber, Isabella B R ^a   Weiß, Brigitte M ^a   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

agonistic interaction; Anser anser; greylag goose; heart rate; physiological response; social stress; stimulus relevance

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL;

ANSER; ANSER ANSER;

EID: 62149143692     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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