An allometric vision and motion model to predict prey encounter rates

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 691-701

  McGill, Brian J ^a   Mittelbach, Gary C ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Encounter rates; Optimal foraging

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646742628     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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