The effect of resource aggregation at different scales: Optimal foraging behavior of Cotesia rubecula

American Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 505-518

  Tenhumberg, B ^a   Keller, M A ^a   Tyre, A J ^a   Possingham, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cotesia rubecula; Optimal foraging behavior; Resource aggregation; Spatial scale; Stochastic dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PARASITOID; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA RUBECULA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 0034773373     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323131     Document Type: Article

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