A theoretical investigation of the effect of predators on foraging behaviour and energy reserves

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1566, 2005, Pages 929-934

  McNamara, John M ^a   Barta, Zoltan ^b   Houston, Alasdair I ^a   Race, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c School of Biological Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy reserves; Foraging; Minimising mortality; Predation; Starvation

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; ENERGY RESOURCE; FORAGING; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVES;

EID: 21844471827     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.3037     Document Type: Article

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