Group size and relative competitive ability: Geometric progressions as a conceptual tool

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 113-118

  Humphries, Stuart ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^a   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assortative shoaling; Competition; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Group composition; Group size

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; GROUP SIZE;

EID: 0034005787     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050001     Document Type: Article

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