Do 3-D predators attack the margins of 2-D selfish herds?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-78

  Romey, W L ^a   Walston, A R ^b   Watt, P J ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attack preference; Grouping; Marginal predation; Predator prey geometry; Selfish herd

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CYPRINID; EVOLUTION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANURA; BUFO BUFO; CARASSIUS AURATUS; COLEOPTERA; GYRINIDAE;

EID: 38149037971     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm105     Document Type: Article

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