Attraction towards feeding conspecifics when food patches are exhaustible

G.D. Ruxton; S.J. Hall; William Gurney

Attraction towards feeding conspecifics when food patches are exhaustible

G.D. Ruxton, S.J. Hall, William Gurney

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Abstract

Animals that forage in groups commonly share patches of food discovered by one or a few individuals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	653-660
Number of pages	8
Journal	American Naturalist
Volume	145
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - Apr 1995

Keywords

food patches
feeding
social learning
aggregation

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Attraction towards feeding conspecifics when food patches are exhaustible

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