Prey crypticity reduces the proportion of group members searching for food

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1183-1189

  Barrette, Maryse ^a   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOOD; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MILLET; PREDATOR; PREY CAPTURE; VIGILANCE;

LONCHURA PUNCTULATA; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS;

EID: 33646240134     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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