Investigating small fish schools: Selection of school-formation models by means of general linear models and numerical simulations

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 245, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 784-789

  Guimarães Jr , Paulo R ^a,b   Bonaldo, Roberta M ^b   Krajewski, João P ^b   Guimarães, Paulo ^c   Pinheiro, Aluísio ^d   Powers, Joseph ^e   Furtado dos Reis, Sérgio ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Galleria Office   (Brazil)

^d Instituto de Matematica   (Brazil)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH SCHOOL; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EATING; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33947517349     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.12.001     Document Type: Letter

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