To kill a kangaroo: Understanding the decision to pursue high-risk/high-gain resources

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1767, 2013, Pages

  Jones, James Holland ^a   Bird, Rebecca Bliege ^a   Bird, Douglas W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural ecology; Foraging theory; Hunter gatherers; Risk; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SYMBIOSIS;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

MACROPODIDAE;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALORIC INTAKE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; KANGAROO; LIZARD;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; LIZARDS; MACROPODIDAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84896059553     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1210     Document Type: Article

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