Leadership, social learning, and the maintenance (or collapse) of migratory populations

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-264

  Fagan, William F ^a   Cantrell, Robert Stephen ^b   Cosner, Chris ^b   Mueller, Thomas ^a   Noble, Andrew E ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Leadership; Migration; Migratory movements; Population collapse; Range residency; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVORSHIP; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84859211156     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-011-0124-2     Document Type: Article

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