Transitive inference in free-living greylag geese, Anser anser

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1277-1283

  Weiß, Brigitte M ^a,b   Kehmeier, Sophia ^a,c   Schloegl, Christian ^a,d  

^a Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anser anser; Cognition; Greylag goose; Social complexity; Transitive inference

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; JUVENILE; SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL;

ANSER; ANSER ANSER; AVES;

EID: 79952537497     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.029     Document Type: Article

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