• DOI:10.1038/s41559-017-0245-0
Corpus ID: 4214982

A multidimensional framework for studying social predation strategies

@article{Lang2017AMF,
  title={A multidimensional framework for studying social predation strategies},
  author={Stephen D J Lang and D. Farine},
  journal={Nature Ecology & Evolution},
  year={2017},
  volume={1},
  pages={1230-1239}
}

Stephen D J Lang, D. Farine

Published 2017

Biology, Medicine

Nature Ecology & Evolution

Social predation—the act of hunting and feeding with others—is one of the most successful life-history traits in the animal kingdom. Although many predators hunt and feed together, a diversity of mechanisms exist by which individuals forage socially. However, a comprehensive framework capturing this diversity is lacking, preventing us from better understanding cooperative forms of predation, and how such behaviours have evolved and been maintained over time. We outline a framework of social… CONTINUE READING

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