Monopolization in a resource queue: Water striders competing for food and mates

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-70

  Blanckenhorn, Wolf U ^a   Grant, James W A ^b   Fairbairn, Daphne J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foraging; Gerridae; Mating; Monopolization; Temporal clumping

Indexed keywords

FOOD COMPETITION; MATE COMPETITION; RESOURCE MONOPOLIZATION;

AQUARIUS REMIGIS; GERRIDAE; HETEROPTERA;

EID: 0031967049     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050412     Document Type: Article

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