A satiation model for the temporal organization of grazing in limpets

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-210

  Chelazzi, G ^a   Parpagnoli, D ^a   Santini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural models; Foraging behaviour; Gastropods; Intertidal ecology; Patella caerulea

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; LIMPET; MODELLING; SATIATION; SUBSTRATE; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

EID: 0031859506     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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