Food unpredictability drives both generalism and social foraging: A game theoretical model

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 836-841

  Overington, Sarah E ^a   Dubois, Frédérique ^b   Lefebvre, Louis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological intelligence; Game theory; Generalism; Hawk dove; Resource predictability; Social brain hypothesis; Social foraging

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; GAMEBIRD; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 47649094788     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn037     Document Type: Article

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