Selfish Herd Dynamics is a theoretical construct in behavioral ecology that explains the aggregation of individuals in a population as a result of each organism's attempt to reduce its own predation risk by positioning itself among others, thereby distinguishing it from altruistic or cooperative grouping models.
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Selfish Herd Theory
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A Simple Model of Herd Behavior
Abhijit Banerjee · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1992 · 6.6K citations
W D Hamilton · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1971 · 3.5K citations
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