Optimization of short-term animal behaviour and the currency of time

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 945-953

  Tolkamp, Bert J ^a   Emmans, Gerry C ^a   Yearsley, Jonathan ^b   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038799805     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.2008     Document Type: Article

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