Individual foraging specialization: Niche width versus niche overlap

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1431-1437

  Sargeant, Brooke L ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NICHE OVERLAP; PREY PREFERENCE; RESOURCE USE; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 34548041408     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15833.x     Document Type: Review

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