Spontaneous emergence of leaders and followers in foraging pairs

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6938, 2003, Pages 432-434

  Rands, Sean A ^a,b   Cowlishaw, Guy ^b   Pettifor, Richard A ^b   Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^b   Johnstone, Rufus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

FORAGING PAIRS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEADERSHIP; TIME;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENERGY RESOURCE; FORAGING; GAME; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038485628     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01630     Document Type: Article

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