Animal response to nested self-similar patches: A test with woolly bears

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 653-662

  McClure, Mark F ^a   Shipley, Lisa A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; MOTH; MOVEMENT; NICHE PARTITIONING; PATCH SIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ANIMALIA; GRAMMIA GENEURA; PYRRHARCTIA ISABELLA;

EID: 65449147536     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17117.x     Document Type: Article

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