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The social life of greylag geese : patterns, mechanisms and evolutionary function in an avian model system /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Scheiber, Isabella B. R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Greylag geese : from general principles to the Konrad Lorenz flock / Josef Hemetsberger, Brigitte M. Weiß and Isabella B.R. Scheiber
  • Goose research then and now / Katharina Hirschenhauser, Heidi Buhrow, Helga Fischer and Kurt Kotrschal
  • Individuals matter : personality / Simona Kralj-Fišer, Jonathan Niall Daisley and Kurt Kotrschal
  • Maintenance of the monogamous pair bond / Iulia T. Nedelcu and Katharina Hirschenhauser
  • Alternative social and reproductive strategies / Brigitte M. Weiß
  • Beyond the pair bond : extended family bonds and female-centred clan formation / Isabella B.R. Scheiber and Brigitte M. Weiß
  • Causes and consequences of aggressive behaviour and dominance rank / Brigitte M. Weiß
  • The costs of sociality measured through heart rate modulation / Claudia A.F. Wascher and Kurt Kotrschal
  • 'Tend and befriend' : the importance of social allies in coping with social stress / Isabella B.R. Scheiber
  • How to tell friend from foe : cognition in a complex society / Brigitte M. Weiß, Christian Schloegl and Isabella B.R. Scheiber
  • The greylag goose as a model for vertebrate social complexity / Isabella B.R. Scheiber, Kurt Kotrschal and Brigitte M. Weiß.