The ideal free distribution: An analysis of the perceptual limit model

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 471-493

  Collins, Edmund J ^a   Houston, Alasdair I ^a   Lang, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ideal free distribution; Input matching; Markov chain model; Perceptual limit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042904417     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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