When time is of the essence: Choosing a currency for prey-handling costs

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 683-689

  Rovero, Francesco ^a,b   Hughes, Roger N ^a   Chelazzi, Guido ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Energy maximization premise; Mussels; Shore crabs

Indexed keywords

COST; ENERGETICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HANDLING TIME;

BIVALVIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0033891288     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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