A spatial model of antipredator vigilance

IMA Journal of Mathemathics Applied in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-93

  Proctor, C J ^a   Broom, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging; Predation; Spatial model; Strategy; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEEDING; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GOES;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FEEDING;

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FEEDING RATE; FORAGING; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; SPATIAL MODELLING; STRATEGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE OFF; VIGILANCE;

BIRDS;

EID: 0034020157     PISSN: 02650746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb/17.1.75     Document Type: Article

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