Patch use under predation hazard: Effect of the red imported fire ant on deer mouse foraging behavior

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 308-317

  Holtcamp, Wendee N ^a,b   Grant, William E ^a   Vinson, S Bradleigh ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Giving up density; GUD; Marginal value theorem; Optimal foraging; Patch use; Peromyscus maniculatus; Small mammals; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

DEER MOUSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; GIVING-UP DENSITY; HARVEST RATE; PATCH USE; PREDATION RISK; RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0030788994     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[0308:PUUPHE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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