Animal Grouping For Protection From Parasites: Selfish Herd and Encounter-Dilution Effects

Behaviour

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 1992, Pages 173-193

  Mooring, Michael S ^a   Hart, Benjamin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILUTION EFFECT; GROUP BEHAVIOUR; PARASITE; SELFISH HERD;

EID: 0027011068     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853992X00011     Document Type: Article

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