Patch depletion, niche structuring and the evolution of co-operative foraging

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many animals live in groups. One proposed reason is that grouping allows cooperative food finding. Group foraging models suggest that grouping could increase food finding rates, but that such group processes could be evolutionarily u...

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Main Authors: van der Post Daniel J, Semmann Dirk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/335