Personality of geese determines their foraging behaviour

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 10:41 in Mathematics & Economics

When searching for food, slow, shy barnacle geese follow information given by their flock mates. On the other hand, fast, bold geese ignore this type of information and go off in search for food on their own. Whether barnacle geese make use of social information (from other individuals) depends on their personality.

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