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Behavioural Mechanisms of Food Selection

By Leslie A. Real (auth.) , Roger N. Hughes (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1990
ISBN
978-3-642-75120-2, 978-3-642-75118-9
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-75118-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (20734362 bytes)
Series
NATO ASI Series 20
Edition
1
Pages
886\886
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Health Sciences; Agriculture; ForestryMedicineZoology; Ecology; Mathematical and Computational B

Description

Behavioural Mechanisms of Food Selection examines animals belonging to diverse trophic groups, from carnivores, herbivores, micro-algal grazers, to filter-feeders and detritus-feeders. In the past Optimal Foraging Theory has been applied to all these groups, but in different ways and in disci plines that rarely overlap. Here concepts and developments hitherto scattered in the literature are drawn together. This uniquely broad synthesis captures the state of the art in the study of diet selection and prescribes new objectives in theoretical development and research.

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