Prior knowledge about spatial pattern affects patch assessment rather than movement between patches in tactile-feeding mallard

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-29

  Klaassen, Raymond H G ^a   Nolet, Bart A ^a   Van Leeuwen, Casper H A ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Incomplete information; Learning; Marginal value theorem; Optimal foraging theory; Spatial arrangement

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MOVEMENT; PATCHINESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DUCK; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DUCKS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 33845865815     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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