Mortality risk of spatial positions in animal groups: The danger of being in the front

Behaviour

Volumn 134, Issue 13-14, 1997, Pages 1063-1076

  Bumann, Dirk ^a,b   Krause, Jens ^c,d   Rubenstein, Dan ^c  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001724259     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853997X00403     Document Type: Article

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