Food quality and the risk of light exposure affect patch-choice decisions in the slime mold Physarum polycephalum

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-27

  Latty, Tanya ^a   Beekman, Madeleine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foraging decisions; Hunger; Physarum polycephalum; Protest; Risk and food reward conflicts; Risk balancing; Slime mold

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATCH USE; RISK FACTOR; SLIME MOULD;

ARTICLE; LIGHT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

LIGHT; MOVEMENT; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PROTISTA;

EID: 77649203870     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0358.1     Document Type: Article

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