Social foraging and dominance relationships: The effects of socially mediated interference

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 572-581

  Rands, Sean A ^a,b   Pettifor, Richard A ^a   Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^a   Cowlishaw, Guy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchies; Emergent properties; Group behaviour; Social foraging; State dependent model

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; PREDATION RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745728845     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0202-4     Document Type: Article

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