Variation between individuals and the consequences for diet selection by groups of animals

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 811-820

  Arsenos, Georgios ^a   Emmans, Gerry C ^a   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD SELECTION; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 0034490637     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1544     Document Type: Article

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