The advantage of alternative tactics of prey and predators depends on the spatial pattern of prey and social interactions among predators

Population Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 187-196

  Scharf, Inon ^a   Ovadia, Ofer ^b   Foitzik, Susanne ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternative strategies; Area restricted search; Dispersion; Foraging; Frequency dependent selection; Spreading out

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DISPERSION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 83355169621     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-011-0286-1     Document Type: Article

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