Recruiters and joiners: Using optimal skew theory to predict group size and the division of resources within groups of social foragers

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 684-695

  Hamilton, Ian M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dominance; Foraging efficiency; Optimal skew theory; Predation risk; Social foraging

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034109137     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303349     Document Type: Article

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