The effects of a limited memory capacity on foraging behavior

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-90

  Bélisle, Claude ^a   Cresswell, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGETIC EFFICIENCY; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; MEMORY; MODELLING;

EID: 0343051766     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1997.1319     Document Type: Article

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