Central-place seed foraging and vegetation patterns

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 229-240

  Mari, Lorenzo ^a   Gatto, Marino ^a   Casagrandi, Renato ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Movement ecology; Nonlinear dispersal; Partial differential equations; Seed predation; Social foraging

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LANDSCAPE; MOVEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLANTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEEDS;

EID: 70449124424     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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