Temporally fluctuating prey and interfering predators: A positive feedback

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-165

  Nilsson, P Anders ^a,b   Ruxton, Graeme D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Ecology Building ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK MECHANISM; PREDATION RISK; PREY AVAILABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 3042698765     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.10.015     Document Type: Article

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