Abstract
Gazella dorcas foraging in the wild appear to conform to the prediction that they should spend more time in richer patches. They do so even though what they must optimize changes greatly from the dry to the wet season. Their foraging behaviour appears to conform more closely to the Charnov model, in which foragers abandon a patch because it has been partly depleted, than the Pyke model, in which foragers leave because a patch begins by being poor compared to what is available elsewhere. -Authors
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 167-171 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Arid Environments |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1985 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Ecology
- Earth-Surface Processes