Influence of socially involved hand-raising on life history and stress responses in greylag geese

Interaction Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 380-395

  Hemetsberger, Josef ^a,b   Scheiber, Isabella B R ^a,b   Weiß, Brigitte M ^a,c   Frigerio, Didone ^a   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a,b  

^a Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle für Ethologie ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anser anser; Greylag goose; Hand raising; Life history; Reproductive success; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649422219     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.11.3.03hem     Document Type: Article

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