Interactions among social monitoring, anti-predator vigilance and group size in eastern grey kangaroos

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1690, 2010, Pages 2089-2095

  Favreau, François René ^a   Goldizen, Anne W ^b   Pays, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti predator behaviour; Eastern grey kangaroo; Group living; Social monitoring; Synchronization; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

GROUP SIZE; MARSUPIAL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIGILANCE; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 77955369772     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2337     Document Type: Article

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