Group-size effect on vigilance and foraging in a predator-free population of feral goats (Capra hircus) on the isle of rum, NW Scotland

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 329-337

  Shi, Jianbin ^a   Beauchamp, Guy ^b   Dunbar, Robin I M ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERAL ORGANISM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GOAT; GROUP SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VIGILANCE;

HIGHLAND; RUM; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 77951248847     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01749.x     Document Type: Article

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