The energetic cost of competition: Gerbils as moneychangers

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 279-292

  Abramsky, Zvika ^a   Rosenzweig, Michael L ^b   Subach, Aziz ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Bioassay; Common currency; Competition; Gerbil; Optimal foraging behaviour; Sand dunes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001550726     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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