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Based on unique records of nearly 1000 free-living greylag geese, this is a synthesis of more than twenty years of behavioural research. It provides a comprehensive overview of a complex bird society, placing it in an evolutionary framework and drawing on a range of approaches, including behavioural, physiological and cognitive.
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Isabella B. R. Scheiber is a visiting researcher at the Behavioural Ecology and Self-Organization Group of Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands, and an Associate Scientist at Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle, Austria.Brigitte M. Weiß is a visiting researcher at the Institute of Evolution and Ecology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany and an associate scientist at Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle, Austria.Josef Hemetsberger is a scientist at the Department of Behavioural Biology, Universität Wien, Austria, and Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle, Austria.Kurt Kotrschal is Professor of Zoology at the Department of Behavioural Biology, Universität Wien, Austria, and Director of Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle, Austria.
Zusammenfassung
Based on unique records of nearly 1000 free-living greylag geese, this is a synthesis of more than twenty years of behavioural research. It provides a comprehensive overview of a complex bird society, placing it in an evolutionary framework and drawing on a range of approaches, including behavioural, physiological and cognitive.
