Context-dependent third-party intervention in agonistic encounters of male Przewalski horses Short title: Third-party intervention in Przewalski horses - University of Regensburg Publication Server

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-368086

Krueger, Konstanze

; Schneider, Gudrun ; Flauger, Birgit ; Heinze, Jürgen

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Abstract

One mechanism to resolve conflict among group members is third party intervention, for which several functions, such as kin protection, alliance formation, and the promotion of group cohesion have been proposed. Still, empirical research on the function of intervention behaviour is rare. We studied 40 cases of intervention behaviour in a field study on 13 semi-wild bachelor horses (Equus ferus ...