The effects of spatial food distribution and group size on foraging behaviour in a benthic fish

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-50

  Stenberg, Marika ^a   Persson, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment; Group foraging; Patch quality; Resource distribution

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; PATCHINESS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GOLDFISH; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GOLDFISH; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CARASSIUS AURATUS;

EID: 20444493487     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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