Why individual vigilance declines as group size increases

1996/05/01 by GILBERT ROBERTS, Gilbert Roberts · 33 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Plant and animal studies #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

paper · doi:10.1006/anbe.1996.0109

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