Behavioural and ecological consequences of limited attention

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1427, 2002, Pages 1539-1547

  Dukas, Reuven ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Foraging; Mate choice; Predation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037195825     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1063     Document Type: Review

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