The effects of group size, shape and composition on ease of detection of cryptic prey

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 811-826

  Jackson, Andrew L ^a   Brown, Sarah ^b   Sherratt, Tom N ^c   Ruxton, Graeme D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crypsis; Group living; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 23944507079     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539054729105     Document Type: Article

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