Serial agonistic attacks by greylag goose families, Anser anser, against the same opponent

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1211-1216

  Scheiber, Isabella B R ^a   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a   Weiß, Brigitte M ^a  

^a Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle für Ethologie ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Anser anser; greylag goose; repeated agonistic interactions; social physiology; social support; status signalling

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SIGNALING; WATERFOWL;

ANSER; ANSER ANSER; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 64549124322     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.026     Document Type: Article

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