Daily patterns of energy storage in food-caching birds under variable daily predation risk: A dynamic state variable model

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-250

  Pravosudov, V V ^a   Lucas, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Caching behavior; Dynamic model; Dynamic programming; Energy management; Food caches; Foraging behavior; Paridae; Parus; Poecile; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; CACHING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PREDATION RISK; STARVATION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0034879086     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100361     Document Type: Article

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