The dynamics and scaling of foraging velocity and encounter rate in mammalian herbivores

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 234-244

  Shipley, L A ^a,d   Spalinger, D E ^a,e   Gross, J E ^b   Hobbs, N Thompson ^c   Wunder, B A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^d FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Body mass; Locomotion; Movement; Travel speed

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

BODY MASS; ENCOUNTER RATE; FORAGING VELOCITY; LOCOMOTION; MAMMALIAN HERBIVORE;

EID: 0030468472     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389848     Document Type: Article

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