Behavioural and physiological responses to food availability and predation risk

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-104

  Noonburg, Erik G ^a   Nisbet, Roger M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; Chironomidae; Foraging activity; Growth curve; Life history; Optimization; Resource allocation; Size at maturity

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844357876     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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