The dynamics of herds: From individuals to aggregations

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-98

  Gueron, Shay ^a   Levin, Simon A ^b   Rubenstein, Daniel I ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030573812     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0144     Document Type: Article

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