Social influences on foraging in vertebrates: Causal mechanisms and adaptive functions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-15

  Galef Jr, Bennett G ^a   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035123623     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1557     Document Type: Review

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