Information is a fitness enhancing resource

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-236

  McNamara, John M ^a   Dall, Sasha R X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FITNESS; INFORMATION; PREDATION RISK; STATISTICAL APPLICATION;

EID: 77952924555     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17509.x     Document Type: Article

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