Fighting for resources: The economics of defense and appropriation

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-11

  Dubois, Frédérique ^a,b   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; ESS model; Foraging groups; Hawk dove game; Kleptoparasitism; Producer scrounger game

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; KLEPTOPARASITISM;

ACCIPITRINAE;

EID: 13444274539     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0566     Document Type: Article

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