Harvesting resources in groups or alone: The case of renewing patches

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 989-993

  Beauchamp, Guy ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm approach; Group foraging; Resource renewal; Search tactics; Travel time

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PATCH USE;

EID: 26444450069     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari077     Document Type: Article

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