Optimal patch time allocation for time-limited foragers

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Wajnberg, Eric ^a   Bernhard, Pierre ^b   Hamelin, Frédéric ^b   Boivin, Guy ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaphes victus; Cox regression model; Dynamic programming model; Marginal Value Theorem; Time limited foragers

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EXPLOITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE;

ANAPHES VICTUS; ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DAUCUS CAROTA; HYMENOPTERA; LISTRONOTUS OREGONENSIS; MYMARIDAE;

EID: 33646476451     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0131-7     Document Type: Review

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