Resource waves: Phenological diversity enhances foraging opportunities for mobile consumers

Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1099-1112

  Armstrong, Jonathan B ^a,d   Takimoto, Gaku ^b   Schindler, Daniel E ^c   Hayes, Matthew M ^a   Kauffman, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem based management; Foraging; Landscape heterogeneity; Model; Movement; Phenological diversity; Phenological tracking; Resource wave; Time constraint; Trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXPLOITATION; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HETEROGENEITY; PHENOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TRACKING; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WASP;

AGAONIDAE; CHALCIDOIDEA; URSUS ARCTOS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SEASON; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85047289178     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/15-0554.1     Document Type: Article

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