Changes in vigilance with group size under scramble competition

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 672-675

  Beauchamp, G ^a   Ruxton, G D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging; Group size; Predation; Scramble competition; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROUP STRUCTURE; NOTE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROUP STRUCTURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037394073     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368225     Document Type: Note

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