The spatial distribution of colonial food provisioners

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-134

  Dukas, Reuven ^a,b   Edelstein Keshet, Leah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL BIRD; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; ECOLOGY; ENERGY COST; FLIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MODEL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0032554032     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0530     Document Type: Article

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