Integrated modelling of foraging behaviour, energy budget and memory properties

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1283-1291

  Esposito, S ^a   Incerti, G ^b   Giannino, F ^a   Russo, D ^a   Mazzoleni, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body mass; Food distribution; Individual based model; Learning; Prey predator interactions

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENERGY BUDGETS; FOOD DISTRIBUTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD RESOURCES; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELS; INTEGRATED MODELLING; LEARNING PROCESS; NET ENERGY; ON-BODY; PREY-PREDATOR INTERACTION; PROCESS DYNAMICS; RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION; SEARCHING TIME; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

ECOLOGY; PROFITABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

MAMMALS;

ABUNDANCE; BODY MASS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LEARNING; MEMORY; PATCHINESS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 77949655583     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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