A stochastic version of the Beddington-DeAngelis functional response: Modelling interference for a finite number of predators

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-142

  Van Der Meer, Jaap ^a,b   Smallegange, Isabel M ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; Continuous time Markov chain; Foraging behaviour; Interference competition; Predator dependent functional response

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; STOCHASTICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 57549093095     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01480.x     Document Type: Article

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