Signalling and the evolution of cooperative foraging in dynamic environments

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Torney, Colin J ^a   Berdahl, Andrew ^a   Couzin, Iain D ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY;

ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOR; CO-OPERATIVE BEHAVIORS; COMPONENT PART; CONSPECIFICS; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES; FOOD RESOURCES; GROUP FUNCTIONALITIES; NATURAL SELECTION; SOCIAL GROUPS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; APPETITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWALLOWS;

EID: 80053460526     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002194     Document Type: Article

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