Effects of successive predator attacks on prey aggregations

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 239-252

  Lett, Christophe ^a   Semeria, Magali ^a,b   Thiebault, Andréa ^b   Tremblay, Yann ^b  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Animal aggregation; Animal group; Attraction repulsion model; Flock; School; Swarm

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SWARMING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84904965722     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-014-0213-0     Document Type: Article

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