Information transfer and gain in flocks: the effects of quality and quantity of social information at different neighbour distances

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  2004

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  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

• Publication date

  2004-03-01

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  Biology

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  DOI 10.1007/s00265-003-0698-9
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