The keystone individual concept: An ecological and evolutionary overview

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-62

  Modlmeier, Andreas P ^a   Keiser, Carl N ^a   Watters, Jason V ^b   Sih, Andy ^c   Pruitt, Jonathan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b San Francisco Zoological Gardens   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective decision making; Dominance; Group dynamics; Keystone individual; Pioneer; Social behaviour; Social network theory

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DOMINANCE; GENOTYPE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; KEYSTONE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84893351112     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.12.020     Document Type: Review

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