Adaptive foraging does not always lead to more complex food webs

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-218

  Berec, Luděk ^a   Eisner, Jan ^a   Krivan Vlastimil V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diet choice; Niche model; Population dynamics; Replicator dynamics; Search image

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NICHE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 77954550800     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.06.034     Document Type: Article

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