Collective behavior in road crossing pedestrians: The role of social information

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1236-1242

  Faria, Jolyon J ^a   Krause, Stefan ^b   Krause, Jens ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LÜBECK UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

group behavior; human; pedestrian; sex; simulation; social information

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; INJURY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PEDESTRIAN; RISK FACTOR; ROAD; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78649342701     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq141     Document Type: Article

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