Integrated modelling of foraging behaviour, energy budget and memory properties

S. Esposito, G. Incerti, F. Giannino, D. Russo and S. Mazzoleni

Ecological Modelling, 2010, vol. 221, issue 9, 1283-1291

Abstract: A predator's foraging performance is related to its ability to acquire sufficient information on environmental profitability. This process can be affected by the patchy distribution and clustering of food resources and by the food intake process dynamics.

Keywords: Body mass; Food distribution; Individual-based model; Learning; Prey–predator interactions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.01.009

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