Breeding colonies as information centers: A reappraisal of information-based hypotheses using the producer-scrounger game

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-127

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information center; Local enhancement; Producer scrounger games; Recruitment center

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL BREEDING; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; PRODUCER-SCROUNGER INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EID: 0035096237     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/12.2.121     Document Type: Article

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