Approximating optimal behavioural strategies down to rules-of-thumb: Energy reserve changes in pairs of social foragers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Rands, Sean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OPTIMAL FORAGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79960192352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022104     Document Type: Article

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