Testing explanations of the group size effect on vigilance: Let's be direct

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 135-136

  Bednekoff, Peter A ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NOTE; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDICTION; SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

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EID: 0037710537     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(03)00008-1     Document Type: Note

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