Group-Size Effect on Vigilance and Foraging in a Predator-Free Population of Feral Goats (Capra hircus) on the Isle of Rum, NW Scotland

Many previous studies have found that as group size increases, individual vigilance levels decrease and forage intake increases (group-size effect), but few such studies have considered the impact of within-group interactions and other confounding factors on the direction of group-size effects. A fr...

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Main Authors: Shi, J, Beauchamp, G, Dunbar, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010