Within-bout dynamics of diet choice

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 494-500

  Hirvonen, Heikki ^a   Ranta, Esa ^a  

^a Dept of Ecology and Systematics ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

foraging behavior; foraging models; handling time; optimal foraging; partial preferences; prey selection; profitability.

Indexed keywords

DIET CHOICE; HANDLING TIME; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTIVITY;

EID: 0030302911     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.4.494     Document Type: Article

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