Modelling responses in vigilance rates to arrivals to and departures from a group of foragers

IMA Journal of Mathemathics Applied in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 387-400

  Broom, M ^a   Ruxton, G D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co operation; Flocking; Foraging; Game theory; Predation; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDATION; THEORY;

AVES;

BIRDS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FEEDING;

CO-OPERATION; FEEDING GROUP; FLOCKING; FORAGING; GROUP MEMBERS; GROUP SIZE; MODEL RESPONSE; PREDATION; STRATEGY; TRADE OFF;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 0032410545     PISSN: 02650746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb/15.4.387     Document Type: Article

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