Energy sharing for swarms modeled on the common vampire bat

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-328

  Witkowski, Mark ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common vampire bat; Reciprocal feeding; Swarm behavior; Trophallaxis

Indexed keywords

DESMODUS ROTUNDUS;

EID: 35648987754     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059712307082092     Document Type: Article

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