Redefining membership in animal groups

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 964-970

  Miller, Noam ^a,b   Gerlai, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elective Group Size (EGS); group membership; school; shoal; zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CROWDING; SWIMMING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MASS BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 81255129066     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-011-0090-z     Document Type: Article

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