Heart Rate Responses to Induced Challenge Situations in Greylag Geese (Anser anser)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-119

  Wascher, Claudia A F ^a   Scheiber, Isabella B R ^a   Braun, Anna ^a   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anser anser; Catching and holding; Greylag geese; Human approach; Model predator

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952091075     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021188     Document Type: Article

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