Interference from a game theoretical perspective: Shore crabs suffer most from equal competitors

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 215-221

  Smallegange, Isabel M ^a,b   Van Der Meer, Jaap ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Dominance; Energetic war of attrition; Functional response; Ideal free distribution; Sequential assessment game

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; CRAB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GAME THEORY; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOLLUSC;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 33845912414     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl071     Document Type: Article

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