Effects of resource distribution, patch spacing, and preharvest information on foraging decisions of northern bobwhites

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-186

  Kohlmann, Stephan G ^a,b   Risenhoover, Kenneth L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon Department of Fish   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Colinus virginianus; Foraging decisions; Giving up density; Northern bobwhite; Patch spacing; Preharvest information; Seed tray

Indexed keywords

FORAGING DECISION; NORTHERN BOBWHITE; PATCH ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION;

COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0031922474     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.2.177     Document Type: Article

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