Mutualism among safe, selfish sentinels: A dynamic game

American Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 373-392

  Bednekoff, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENCE; SENTINEL BEHAVIOUR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0030848835     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286070     Document Type: Article

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