Optimal diet choice for large herbivores: An extended contingency model

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-81

  Farnsworth, K D ^a   Illius, A W ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet selection; Foraging theory; Grazing; Herbivory; Prey model

Indexed keywords

DIET SELECTION; HANDLING; LARGE HERBIVORE; MODELLING; SEARCHING;

EID: 0031909713     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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