Consensus Decision Making by Fish

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 1773-1777

  Sumpter, David J T ^a   Krause, Jens ^b   James, Richard ^c   Couzin, Iain D ^d   Ward, Ashley J W ^e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSENSUS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 56349161782     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.09.064     Document Type: Article

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