A Bayesian Approach to Optimal Foraging in Parasitoids

Behavioral Ecology of Insect Parasitoids: From Theoretical Approaches to Field Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 357-383

  Pierre, Jean Sébastien ^a   Green, Richard F ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Behavioral mechanisms; Optimal foraging theory; Parasitoids; Poisson prey distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149105355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696200.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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