Marginal predation methodologies and the importance of predator preferences

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 589-599

  Stankowich, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0042786557     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2232     Document Type: Editorial

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