Dynamics of fish shoals: Identifying key decision rules

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 555-565

  Tien, Joseph H ^a,b   Levin, Simon A ^b   Rubenstein, Daniel I ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Field study; Fish shoal; Model; Proximate mechanisms; Schooling

Indexed keywords

RHINICHTHYS; RHINICHTHYS ATRATULUS; SEMOTILUS; SEMOTILUS ATROMACULATUS;

EID: 2642581024     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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