A spatial model of producing and scrounging

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1935-1942

  Beauchamp, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

genetic algorithm; group size; producing and scrounging; self organization; spatial model

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ALGORITHM; SELF ORGANIZATION;

EID: 56049094314     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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