Body-mass constraints on foraging behaviour determine population and food-web dynamics

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-34

  Brose, Ulrich ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Attack rate; Food chain; Functional response; Handling time; Metabolic theory; Stability

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL; BODY MASS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HANDLING TIME; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 73949084840     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01618.x     Document Type: Article

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