Spatial context influences patch residence time in foraging hierarchies

Oecologia

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 710-719

  Searle, Kate R ^a   Vandervelde, Thea ^b   Hobbs, N Thompson ^a   Shipley, Lisa A ^b   Wunder, Bruce A ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging hierarchies; Herbivores; Marginal value theorem; Patch

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DEER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PATCH DYNAMICS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; TIME FACTORS; URSIDAE;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33745380724     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0285-z     Document Type: Article

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