Perceptual constraints on optimal foraging: The effects of variation among foragers

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 331-339

  Spencer, Hamish G ^a   Kennedy, Martyn ^a   Gray, Russell D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ideal free distribution; mathematical model; perceptual limits; perceptual variability; psychological mechanisms

Indexed keywords

FORAGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; HABITAT SELECTION; MODEL; OPTIMAL FORAGING; PERCEPTUAL CONSTRAINTS;

EID: 0029669589     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01237721     Document Type: Article

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