How do herbivores trade-off the positive and negative consequences of diet selection decisions?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-99

  Duncan, A J ^a   Ginane, C ^b,d   Elston, D A ^c   Kunaver, A ^a   Gordon, I J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD SELECTION; HERBIVORE; TRADE-OFF; VEGETATION;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 29444431613     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.03.035     Document Type: Article

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