The effect of dominance hierarchy on the use of alternative foraging tactics: A phenotype-limited producing-scrounging game

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-223

  Barta, Zoltán ^a,b   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchy; Game theory; Group foraging; Phenotype limitation; Producer scrounger

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DOMINANCE HIERARCHY; FORAGING; PRODUCER-SCROUNGER GAME;

EID: 0031897724     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050433     Document Type: Article

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