Behavioral interference and facilitation in the foraging cycle shape the functional response

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 354-357

  Nilsson, P Anders ^a   Lundberg, Per ^a   Brönmark, Christer ^a   Persson, Anders ^a   Turesson, Håkan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavior; Model; Predation; Social foraging

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FACILITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33847611142     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl094     Document Type: Article

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