Foraging games between gerbils and their predators: Temporal dynamics of resource depletion and apprehension in gerbils

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 495-518

  Kotler, Burt P ^a,b   Brown, Joel S ^a   Dall, Sasha R X ^c   Gresser, Shaan ^d   Ganey, David ^d   Bouskila, Amos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Apprehension; Ecology of fear; Foraging behaviour; Foraging games; Game theory; Gerbils; Giving up density; Optimal patch use; Owls; Predator prey interactions; Resource depletion; Risk of predation; Temporal partitioning; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038450125     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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