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Optimal diet theory: when does it work, and when and why does it fail?
Animal Behaviour · 2001 · Vol. 61(2) · pp. 379–390
Andrew Sih✉(University of Kentucky)Bent T. Christensen(Umeå University)
Wildlife Ecology and ConservationAnimal Behavior and ReproductionEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesPredationEctothermInvertebrateVertebratePredatorBiologyVulnerability (computing)EcologyOptimal foraging theoryComputer science
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- National Science Foundation
- Kempe Foundation
- Skogs- och Jordbrukets Forskningsråd
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