Resource distributions and diet development by trial-and-error learning

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-80

  Van Der Post, Daniel J ^a   Hogeweg, Paulien ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Group foragers; Individual diet "specialization"; Individual based model; Intergroup diet variation; Social learning

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; DIETARY SHIFT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 33749436874     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0237-6     Document Type: Article

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