Information gathering and decision making about resource value in animal contests

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 529-542

  Arnott, Gareth ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; fighting; game theory; resource value

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FIGHTING; GAME THEORY; INFORMATION; RESOURCE USE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 49149128297     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.04.019     Document Type: Review

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