Antlion foraging: Tracking prey across space and time

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2271-2282

  Crowley, Philip H ^a   Linton, Mary C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b GOSHEN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antlions; Autocorrelation; Energy gain strategy; Monte Carlo simulation; Myrmeleon immaculatus; Neuropterans; Optimal foraging; Pit traps; Sampling costs; Sit and wait predation; Spatiotemporal variability

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; SITE FIDELITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MICHIGAN; SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE; UNITED STATES;

INSECTA; MYRMELEON IMMACULATUS; MYRMELEONTIDAE; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 0032823280     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2271:AFTPAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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