Temporal partitioning and aggression among foragers: Modeling the effects of stochasticity and individual state

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 427-438

  Richards, Shane A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Aggression; Coexistence; Foraging; Game theory; Temporal partitioning

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; TIME ALLOCATION;

EID: 0036558625     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.3.427     Document Type: Article

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