Group-movement 'initiation' and state-dependent decision-making

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 668-670

  Rands, Sean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co operation; Decision making; Dynamic programming; State dependence

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEADERSHIP; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; GROUP PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 77953914788     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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