When to go with the crowd: Modelling synchronization of all-or-nothing activity transitions in grouped animals

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 437-448

  Dostálková, Iva ^a   Špinka, Marek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Group behaviour; Group cohesion; Group size; Modelling of behaviour; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL SOCIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GAME THEORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77949270175     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.12.031     Document Type: Article

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