Personality differences explain leadership in barnacle geese

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 447-453

  Kurvers, Ralf H J M ^a   Eijkelenkamp, Babette ^a   van Oers, Kees ^b   van Lith, Bart ^b   van Wieren, Sipke E ^a   Ydenberg, Ronald C ^a   Prins, Herbert H T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

barnacle goose; boldness; Branta leucopsis; group behaviour; leadership; personality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; WATERFOWL;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 68349152780     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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