The effect of boldness on decision-making in barnacle geese is group-size-dependent

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1714, 2011, Pages 2018-2024

  Kurvers, Ralf H J M ^a   Adamczyk, Vena M A P ^a   van Wieren, Sipke E ^a   Prins, Herbert H T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boldness; Decisions; Group size; Information; Personality; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GROUP SIZE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROBABILITY; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APPETITE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOOSE; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GEESE; MALE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BRANTA LEUCOPSIS;

EID: 79957639311     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2266     Document Type: Article

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