Gregarious behaviour of evasive prey

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 595-612

  Eshel, Ilan ^a   Sansone, Emilia ^b   Shaked, Avner ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evasive herd; Gregarious behavior; Herd; N person Game; Prey predator Game; Selfish herd

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646000801     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-005-0364-0     Document Type: Article

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