The effects of dominance on leadership and energetic gain: A dynamic game between pairs of social foragers

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Rands, Sean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

BENEFITS AND COSTS; COST-INCREASES; DOMINANCE RELATIONSHIPS; DYNAMIC GAME; ENERGETIC COSTS; INTERACTION COST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR; SOCIAL GROUPS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; STATE-DEPENDENT;

COSTS;

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHARACTER STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY COST; FORAGER; GAME ANIMAL; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAME; MALE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 80055078600     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002252     Document Type: Article

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