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Patch-use dynamics by a large herbivore

BACKGROUND: An adaption of the optimal foraging theory suggests that herbivores deplete, depart, and finally return to foraging patches leaving time for regrowth [van Moorter et al., Oikos 118:641–652, 2009]. Inter-patch movement and memory of patches then produce a periodic pattern of use that may...

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Autores principales: Seidel, Dana P, Boyce, Mark S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27408724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-015-0035-8