Integrating the roles of information and competitive ability on the spatial distribution of social foragers

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 586-600

  Koops, Marten A ^a,b   Abrahams, Mark V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment uncertainty; Bayesian assessment; Habitat selection; Ideal free distribution (IFD); Perceptual constraints; Unequal competitors

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; INFORMATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037392657     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368297     Document Type: Article

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