Spatial positioning in the selfish herd

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-22

  Morrell, Lesley J ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^b   James, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Antipredator behavior; Group center; Grouping; Individual based model; Periphery; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COGNITION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952563641     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq157     Document Type: Article

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