State-dependent risk-taking by predators in systems with defended prey
Article Abstract:
The implications of optimal state-dependent foraging behavior by predators in systems containing defended prey are described. A stochastic dynamic programming model accounts for the trade-off between avoiding starvation and minimizing harm from attacking defended prey.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Oikos
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2003
Evaluation, Predatory animals, Animal ecology
Publication Name: Oikos
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2003
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Effects of light and prey availability on nocturnal, lunar and seasonal activity of tropical nightjars
Article Abstract:
The effect of light regime and prey abundance on the activity across different temporal scales is investigated. The peculiar constraints on visually orienting aerial nocturnal insectivores and tropical nightjars are described.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Oikos
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2003
Insectivores, Insectivores (Insectivora)
Publication Name: Oikos
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2003
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Subjects list: Analysis, Behavior, Predation (Biology)
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