Decision making in group departures of sheep is a continuous process

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-78

  Ramseyer, Amandine ^a,b   Boissy, Alain ^a   Dumont, Bertrand ^a   Thierry, Bernard ^b  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

collective; movement; Ovis aries; predeparture; recruitment; sheep

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHEEP; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIGILANCE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67349249122     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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