Gaining ecological information about Bayesian foragers through their behaviour. I. Models with predictions

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-263

  Olsson, Ola ^a   Holmgren, Noél M A ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY;

DENDROCOPOS MINOR;

EID: 0032756666     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546740     Document Type: Article

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