Optimal foraging, the marginal value theorem

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1976, Pages 129-136

  Charnov, Eric L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MATHEMATICS; PREDATION;

ANIMAL; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0016948894     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-5809(76)90040-X     Document Type: Article

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