Can we measure carrying capacity with foraging behavior?

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 597-604

  Morris, Douglas W ^a   Mukherjee, Shomen ^a,b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clethrionomys; Habitat selection; Life history; Optimal foraging; Population dynamics; Quitting harvest rate

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONTARIO; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; CLETHRIONOMYS; MURIDAE;

EID: 34247104248     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0389     Document Type: Article

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