Balancing variable patch quality with predation risk

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-46

  Winterrowd, Michael F ^a,b,c   Devenport, Lynn D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field experiments; Foraging behavior; Patch choice; Predation

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATION RISK;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITUAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION RISK;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; TAMIAS; TAMIAS MINIMUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

EID: 2942527427     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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