Initiators, leaders, and recruitment mechanisms in the collective movements of damselfish

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 748-760

  Ward, Ashley J W ^a   Herbert Read, James E ^a   Jordan, Lyndon A ^b   James, Richard ^c   Krause, Jens ^d,e   Ma, Qi ^f   Rubenstein, Daniel I ^g   Sumpter, David J T ^f   Morrell, Lesley J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective decision making; Local interactions; Shoaling

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DOMINANCE; FISH; MOVEMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PERCIFORMES; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCIFORMES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

EID: 84877724612     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670242     Document Type: Article

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