Shape of the interference function in a foraging vertebrate

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 813-824

  Stillman, R A ^a   Goss Custard, J D ^a   Clarke, R T ^a   Dit Durell, S E A LeV ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dominance; foraging behaviour; interference competition; mussel Mytilus edulis; oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; BLUE MUSSEL; COMPETITION; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; INTERFERENCE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; OVERWINTERING; OYSTERCATCHER;

BIVALVIA; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0030302957     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5679     Document Type: Article

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