Foraging to balance conflicting demands: Novel insights from grasshoppers under predation risk

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 551-559

  Rothley, K D ^a   Schmitz, Oswald J ^a   Cohon, Jared L ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive behavior; Melanoplus femurrubrum; Multiobjective optimization; Optimal foraging; Single objective optimization; Trade offs; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR; ENERGY INTAKE; FORAGING; GRASSHOPPER; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; PREDATOR AVAOIDANCE;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; MELANOPLUS FEMURRUBRUM; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0031461270     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.5.551     Document Type: Article

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