The ecology of fear: Optimal foraging, game theory, and trophic interactions

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 385-399

  Brown, Joel S ^a   Laundré, John W ^a,b   Gurung, Mahesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mountain lion; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Predator prey dynamics; Puma concolor

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; DIPODOMYS; MACROPUS SP.; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PANTHERA LEO; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 0001346990     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383287     Document Type: Article

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