Efficiency evaluation of two competing foraging modes under different conditions

American Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 350-357

  Scharf, Inon ^a   Nulman, Einat ^a   Ovadia, Ofer ^a   Bouskila, Amos ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Foraging modes; Movement directionality; Predator prey interactions; Searching behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENCOUNTER RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33748784939     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506921     Document Type: Article

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