The contingencies of group size and vigilance

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1263-1276

  Ale, Som B ^a   Brown, Joel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction effect; Contingency; Dilution effect; Fitness; Group size effect; Many eyes effect; Predation risk; Vigilance behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38949098700     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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