author = { Krause, Jens AND Ruxton, Graeme D. },

title = { Living in groups },

publisher = {Oxford University Press},

isbn = {0198508174},

isbn = {0198508182},

isbn = {9780198508175},

keywords = { Animal behavior , Social behavior in animals , Gruppe , Tiere , Sozialverhalten , Gruppenverhalten , Soziobiologie , Gruppenbildung , Evolution },

year = {2002},

abstract = {Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke},

abstract = {The benefits of group formation -- Anti-predator vigilance -- The classical many-eyes theory -- How individual vigilance works -- Information transfer between individuals -- Some unanswered questions on group vigilance -- Dilution of risk -- Avoidance, dilution, and abatement -- Predator swamping -- The Selfish herd -- Defence against parasites -- Predator confusion -- Theory -- Empirical support for theoretical predictions -- Cognitive limitations -- Communal defence against predators -- Predator learning -- Foraging benefits to grouping -- Benefits for predators -- Finding food -- Finding a mate -- Conserving heat and water -- Reducing the energetic costs of movement -- Movement in water -- Movement in air -- Some costs to grouping -- Increased attack rate on larger groups -- Foraging in a group -- Kleptoparasitism -- Aggression more generally -- Pseudo-interference -- Shadow interference of sit and wait predators -- Just getting in each other's way -- Prey response to detected predators -- A note on generality -- Increased parasite burdens -- Misdirected parental care -- Cuckoldry -- Brood parasitism and adoption -- The size of a group -- Combining costs and benefits of grouping -- An illustrative example -- The shape of the fitness function -- Are optimal group sizes likely to be seen in nature? -- An argument why groups should be larger than optimal -- Refinements of the argument -- The role of relatedness -- The influence of competition -- The effect of dominance hierarchies.},

booktitle = {Oxford series in ecology and evolution},

address = { Oxford [u.a.] },

url = { http://slubdd.de/katalog?TN_libero_mab2 }