Seasonally, optimal foraging, and prey coexistence

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 881-895

  Hambäck, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Coexistence; Diet switching; Herbivory; Optimal foraging; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FOOD SELECTION; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEASONALITY;

EID: 0031742963     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286215     Document Type: Article

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