Consistent waves of collective vigilance in groups using public information about predation risk

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 368-374

  Beauchamp, Guy ^a   Alexander, Peter ^b   Jovani, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Blackhillock Consulting Blackhillock   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

antipredator vigilance; collective pattern; copying; group size; predation risk

Indexed keywords

GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VIGILANCE;

EID: 84857551079     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr194     Document Type: Article

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