Optimal nutrient foraging strategy of an omnivore: Liebig's law determining numerical response

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 310, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-42

  Garay, József ^a   Varga, Zoltán ^b   Cabello, Tomás ^c   Gámez, Manuel ^c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological stoichiometry; Imperfectly substitutable resources; Liebig's Law; Numerical response; Omnivory

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; OMNIVORY; PEST CONTROL; STOICHIOMETRY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DISPLAY SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GREENHOUSE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OMNIVORE; OPTIMAL FORAGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CARBON; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865375709     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.06.021     Document Type: Article

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