Foraging theory as a conceptual framework for studying nest predation

Oikos

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 151-160

  Schmidt, Kenneth A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MODELING; NEST PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0032916606     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546801     Document Type: Review

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