Intuition, functional responses and the formulation of predator-prey models when there is a large disparity in the spatial domains of the interacting species

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 891-897

  Inchausti, P ^a   Ballesteros, S ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Population dynamics; Predator prey models; Space; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HOME RANGE; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN;

ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 49649119380     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01419.x     Document Type: Article

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