Allocation of food gains to storage versus growth in a variable environment

International Congress Series

Volumn 1275, Issue , 2004, Pages 321-326

  Owen Smith, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dynamic optimization; Fat reserves; Large herbivores; Life history; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645824366     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.08.079     Document Type: Article

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