Evolutionary models of metabolism, behaviour and personality

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1560, 2010, Pages 3969-3975

  Houston, Alasdair I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy budget; Foraging; Metabolic rate; Risk taking; Time minimization; Trade off between energy and predation

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; COEVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATION RISK; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650607232     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0161     Document Type: Article

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