Tracking a fluctuating environment: a study of sampling

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 87-105

  Shettleworth, Sara J ^a,d   Krebs, John R ^b,d   Stephens, David W ^c,d   Gibbon, John ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0001805317     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(88)80252-5     Document Type: Article

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