Social information, antipredatory vigilance and flight in bird flocks

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Animal Behaviour

• Publication date

  2006-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.ANBEHAV.2005.10.028
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