The effect of social facilitation on vigilance in the eastern gray kangaroo, Macropus giganteus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-477

  Pays, Olivier ^a,b   Goulard, Michel ^c   Blomberg, Simon P ^b   Goldizen, Anne W ^b   Sirot, Etienne ^d   Jarman, Peter J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allelomimesis; Group size; Kangaroos; Neighbor effect; Probability of being vigilant; Social facilitation; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DECISION MAKING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FACILITATION; GROUP SIZE; MARSUPIAL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VIGILANCE;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS;

EID: 66149111768     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp019     Document Type: Article

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