The dilemma of the selfish herd: The search for a realistic movement rule

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-194

  Viscido, Steven V ^a,b   Miller, Matthew ^a   Wethey, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOVEMENT; PREDATION RISK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROWDING; ENVIRONMENT; FORAGE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HERD; MATING; NATURAL SELECTION; ORGANISM COLONY; PERCEPTION; PREDATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036384362     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3025     Document Type: Article

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