The cost of disturbance: A waste of time and energy?

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 597-604

  Houston, Alasdair I ^a   Prosser, Edward ^a   Sans, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CANID; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENERGY BUDGET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FELID; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; KLEPTOPARASITISM;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LYCAON PICTUS;

EID: 84858333173     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19594.x     Document Type: Article

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