Metabolic rates can drive individual differences in information and insurance use under the risk of starvation

American Naturalist

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 611-620

  Mathot, Kimberley J ^a   Dall, Sasha R X ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy budget; Foraging; Managing uncertainty; Responsiveness; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BUDGET; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INFORMATION; INVESTMENT; SAMPLING; STARVATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY METABOLISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK; STARVATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK; STARVATION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84885200083     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673300     Document Type: Article

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