A functional response model of a predator population foraging in a patchy habitat

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 948-958

  Nachman, Gösta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aggregative response; Mutual interference; Spatial distribution; Stability

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MITE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MITES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; PHYTOSEIULUS; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 33748517205     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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