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ForagingPredationAnimal ecologyInterspecific competitionBiologyEcologyCompetition (biology)Optimal foraging theoryHabitatIdeal free distributionNumerical responseFunctional responsePredator
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- 37-47
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Joel S. Brown
(1988).
Patch use as an indicator of habitat preference, predation risk, and competition.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
, 22
(1)
, 37-47.
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00395696
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- 10.1007/bf00395696