The evolution of error: Error management, cognitive constraints, and adaptive decision-making biases

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 474-481

  Johnson, Dominic D P ^a   Blumstein, Daniel T ^b   Fowler, James H ^c   Haselton, Martie G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SERPENTES;

EID: 84880747402     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.05.014     Document Type: Review

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