Handling time and the evolution of caching behavior

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 410-417

  Jorge, Maria Luisa S P ^a   Brown, Joel S ^a   Van Der Merwe, Marius ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

consumption time; food hoarding; Optimal Foraging Theory; predation avoidance; prey choice; starvation avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOENERGETICS; CACHING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HANDLING TIME; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PREDATION RISK; PREY PREFERENCE; STARVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84863239494     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr205     Document Type: Article

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