The emergence of leaders and followers in foraging pairs when the qualities of individuals differ

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Rands, Sean A ^a,b,c   Cowlishaw, Guy ^b   Pettifor, Richard A ^b   Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^b   Johnstone, Rufus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SYNCHRONISATION; ENERGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; LEADERSHIP; METABOLIC BALANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; RESPONSE VARIABLE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 41449105923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-51     Document Type: Article

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