Rate currencies and the foraging starling: The fallacy of the average revisited

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 341-352

  Bateson, Melissa ^a   Kacelnik, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

currency; european starling; optimal foraging; rate maximization

Indexed keywords

OPTIMAL FORAGING THEORY; STARLING;

STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0029662729     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.3.341     Document Type: Article

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