Foraging theory and partial consumption in a tardigrade-nematode system

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 884-890

  Hohberg, Karin ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food web; Foraging behavior; Predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEMATODE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY;

ACROBELOIDES NANUS; MACROBIOTUS RICHTERSI; NEMATODA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 67651087225     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp077     Document Type: Article

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