Predators choosing between patches with standing crop: The influence of switching rules and input types

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-166

  Frischknecht, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ideal free distribution; Learning; Simulation; Standing crop; Switching rule

Indexed keywords

PREDATOR; PREY DENSITY; STANDING CROP; SWITCHING RULE;

EID: 0029659269     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050228     Document Type: Article

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