Testing predictions of foraging theory for a sit-and-wait forager, Anolis gingivinus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-84

  Shafir, Sharoni ^a,b   Roughgarden, Jonathan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anguilla; Anolis gingivinus; Cutoff distance; Encounter at a distance; Foraging theory; Lizards; Partial preferences; Prey abundance; Prey size; Sit and wait foragers; Threshold; Zero one rule

Indexed keywords

ANOLE; CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; FORAGING THEORY; SIT-AND-WAIT FORAGING;

ANGUILLA;

ANOLIS GINGIVINUS;

EID: 0031930997     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.1.74     Document Type: Article

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