Saltatory search: A theoretical analysis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-317

  Anderson, J P ^a   Stephens, D W ^a   Dunbar, S R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue jay; Crypticity; Foraging; Optimality models; Saltatory search

Indexed keywords

OPTIMAL FORAGING; SALTATORY SEARCH; SEARCH STRATEGY;

EID: 0030619865     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.3.307     Document Type: Article

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