Life history and the fitness consequences of imperfect information

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 601-613

  Koops, Marten A ^a   Abrahams, Mark V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic optimization; Estimation errors; Foraging behaviour; Imperfect information; Life history; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031925860     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006512927409     Document Type: Article

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