Travel time affects optimal diets in depleting patches

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 593-598

  Barrette, Maryse ^a,b   Boivin, Guy ^a,b   Brodeur, Jacques ^c   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^d  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expanding specialist; Optimal diet; Parasitoids; Patch depletion; Travel time

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; APHID; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PARASITOID; PATCH DYNAMICS; PREY PREFERENCE; RESIDENCE TIME; TRAVEL TIME;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS COLEMANI; MYZUS PERSICAE;

EID: 77950541747     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0876-5     Document Type: Article

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