Predation risk, unequal competitors and the ideal free distribution

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 389-409

  Grand, Tamara C ^a,b   Dill, Lawrence M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Ideal free distribution; Predation risk; Unequal competitors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000082754     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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