Lanchester's attrition models and fights among social animals

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 719-723

  Adams, Eldridge S ^a   Mesterton Gibbons, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Lanchester models; Nonlinear dynamics; Social animals

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIGHTING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0142095016     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg061     Document Type: Article

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