How group size affects vigilance dynamics and time allocation patterns: The key role of imitation and tempo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Michelena, Pablo ^a   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; IMITATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; PREDATION RISK; PREY SELECTION; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79954514773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018631     Document Type: Article

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