Does defection during predator inspection affect social structure in wild shoals of guppies?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-53

  Thomas, P O R ^a   Croft, D P ^a,b   Morrell, L J ^a   Davis, A ^a   Faria, J J ^a   Dyer, J R G ^a   Piyapong, C ^a   Ramnarine, I ^c   Ruxton, G D ^d   Krause, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cooperation; guppy; Poecilia reticulata; predator inspection; reciprocal altruism; social network; social organization

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DETECTION METHOD; PREDATOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TELEOST; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 37349056399     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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