Optimal foraging in patches: A case for stochasticity

DOI10.1016/0040-5809(77)90046-6zbMath0382.92013OpenAlexW1979190071WikidataQ43917937 ScholiaQ43917937MaRDI QIDQ1247819

Allan Oaten

Publication date: 1977

Published in: Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-5809(77)90046-6

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ecology (92D40) General biology and biomathematics (92B05)

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