Predator confusion is sufficient to evolve swarming behaviour

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 85, 2013, Pages

  Olson, Randal S ^a,c   Hintze, Arend ^b,c   Dyer, Fred C ^c   Knoester, David B ^b,c   Adami, Christoph ^b,c  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional response; Predator confusion effect; Predator visual system; Predator prey coevolution; Swarming behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS;

CO-EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR CONFUSION EFFECT; SWARMING BEHAVIOURS; VISUAL SYSTEMS;

PREDATOR PREY SYSTEMS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; COOPERATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PREY; RETINA; SIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATION; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR CONFUSION EFFECT; PREDATOR VISUAL SYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY COEVOLUTION; SWARMING BEHAVIOUR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR CONFUSION EFFECT; PREDATOR VISUAL SYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY COEVOLUTION; SWARMING BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 84891464952     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0305     Document Type: Article

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