How do grazers achieve their distribution? A continuum of models from random diffusion to the ideal free distribution using biased random walks

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 509-526

  Farnsworth, K D ^a   Beecham, J A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grazing; Multiscale; Random walk; Spatial behavior; Taxis

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032988432     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303192     Document Type: Article

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