Optimal group positioning after a predator attack: The influence of speed, sex, and satiation within mobile whirligig swarms

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 338-343

  Romey, William L ^a   Galbraith, Emily ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Congregation; Dimorphism; Drafting; Group; Gyrinidae; Positioning trade offs; Sexual segregation; State dependent; Swarm

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEETLE; DIMORPHISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY METHOD; MITIGATION; PREDATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SWARMING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; GYRINIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 47649090367     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm138     Document Type: Article

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