Interactions between landscape structure and animal behavior: The roles of heterogeneously distributed resources and food deprivation on movement patterns

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 437-447

  McIntyre, Nancy E ^a,b   Wiens, John A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food deprivation; Movement; Resource distribution

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOVEMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

COLEOPTERA; ELEODES EXTRICATA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0032871107     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008074407036     Document Type: Article

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