Many wrongs: The advantage of group navigation

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 453-455

  Simons, Andrew M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; NAVIGATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4344597942     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2004.07.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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