Evolution of kleptoparasitism as a war of attrition

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 755-759

  Ruxton, G D ^a   Broom, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Contests over food; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Foraging behaviour; Game theory

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; KLEPTOPARASITISM;

EID: 0032996351     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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