Mathematical models of biological patterns: Lessons from Hamilton's selfish herd

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 481-496

  Pincock, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Gregarious behavior; Idealization; Models; Voronoi diagrams

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH;

EID: 84861788011     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-012-9320-8     Document Type: Article

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