Currencies for foraging based on energetic gain

American Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 603-617

  Mcnamara, John M ^a   Houston, Alasdair I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MAXIMIZATION; FORAGING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030870414     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286084     Document Type: Article

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