When the group denies individual nutritional wisdom

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 931-939

  Dussutour, A ^a,b   Simpson, S J ^a   Despland, E ^b   Colasurdo, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

amplification; collective decision; foraging; forest tent caterpillars; Malacosoma disstria; preference

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATERPILLAR; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT;

HEXAPODA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA;

EID: 35148847228     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.12.022     Document Type: Article

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