Consensus decision making in animals

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 449-456

  Conradt, Larissa ^a   Roper, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 22744442430     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.05.008     Document Type: Review

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