On the use of public information by social foragers to assess patch quality

Oikos

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 206-209

  Beauchamp, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 5344278339     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13077.x     Document Type: Note

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