Competition in a group of equal foragers

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-81

  Rita, Hannu ^a   Ranta, Esa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competition; Foraging theory; Gain; Group foraging; Individual success

Indexed keywords

FORAGING; GAIN ACCUMULATION; GROUPING BEHAVIOUR; PATCHY ENVIRONMENT; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0031811693     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286150     Document Type: Article

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