A simulation model of foraging behaviour and the effect of predation risk

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-30

  Ward, Jane F ^a   Austin, Roger M ^b   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Wallingford Software Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hedgehog; Ideal free distribution; Interference; Learning; Patchy environment

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PATCH USE; PREDATION RISK;

ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; LUMBRICUS; MELES MELES; OLIGOCHAETA;

EID: 0033984969     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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