Speed-accuracy trade-off and its consequences in a scramble competition context

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 255-262

  David, Morgan ^a,b   Gillingham, Mark A F ^b,c,d   Salignon, Marion ^b   Laskowski, Kate L ^e   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

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

Author keywords

Behavioural gambit; Frequency dependent game; Limited attention; Producer scrounger game; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FEEDING; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84896044819     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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