Exploring behavior of an unusual megaherbivore: A spatially explicit foraging model of the hippopotamus

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 127-138

  Lewison, Rebecca L ^a,c   Carter, Jacoby ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central place foraging; Foraging behavior; Hippopotamus; Megaherbivore; Spatially explicit

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PLACE THEORY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL;

HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS;

EID: 0742323624     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00305-3     Document Type: Article

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