Risk sensitivity revisited: From individuals to populations

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 875-883

  Fronhofer, Emanuel A ^a   Pasurka, Henrik ^a   Poitrineau, Karine ^b   Mitesser, Oliver ^c   Poethke, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Technische Universität Darmstadt ^*  (Switzerland)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baseline mortality; Density dependence; Foraging; Optimal variance; Risk sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FITNESS; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; MORTALITY RISK; NATURAL SELECTION; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 80052756886     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.027     Document Type: Article

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