What is the magnitude of the group-size effect on vigilance?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1361-1368

  Beauchamp, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Group size; Meta analysis; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRELATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROUP SIZE; META-ANALYSIS; PREDATION; VIGILANCE;

AVES;

EID: 56449103031     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn096     Document Type: Review

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