Nonlinear effects of food aggregation on interference competition in mallards

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1897-1904

  Gyimesi, Abel ^a,b   van Rooij, Erica P ^a,c,d   Nolet, Bart A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b Bureau Waardenburg   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Feeding time; Intake rate; Intraspecific competition; Search cost; Spatial autocorrelation of food density

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONLINEARITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 77957977288     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1001-5     Document Type: Article

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