The distribution of unequal predators across food patches is not necessarily (semi)truncated

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 525-534

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

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 phenotype interference model; Game theory; Interference competition; Sequential assessment game; Shore crab Carcinus maenas; Standing stock system

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONTEST COMPETITION; CRAB; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GAME THEORY; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 66149143633     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp027     Document Type: Article

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