Predator and prey models with flexible individual behavior and imperfect information

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 669-683

  Luttbeg, Barney ^a,c   Schmitz, Oswald J ^a,b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian updating; Individual behavior; Perception; Predation risk; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EID: 0034063352     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303344     Document Type: Article

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