Learning behaviorally stable solutions to producer-scrounger games

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 343-348

  Morand Ferron, Julie ^a   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviorally stable solution; Game theory; Joining; Prior experience; Producer scrounger game; Social foraging

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; LEARNING; PASSERINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LONCHURA PUNCTULATA;

EID: 76749131551     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp195     Document Type: Article

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