Group fusion: The impact of winner, loser, and bystander effects on hierarchy formation in large groups

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 367-373

  Dugatkin, Lee Alan ^a   Earley, Ryan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bystander effect; Group fusion; Loser effect; Mathematical model; Winner effect

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0038322974     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.3.367     Document Type: Article

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