Frequency-dependent food selection in locusts: A geometric analysis of the role of nutrient balancing

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 995-1005

  Behmer, Spencer T ^a   Raubenheimer, David ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SELECTION; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; LOCUST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ACRIDIDAE; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0034992859     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1695     Document Type: Article

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