Food quality and quantity are more important in explaining foraging of an intermediate‐sized mammalian herbivore than predation risk or competition

Abstract During times of high activity by predators and competitors, herbivores may be forced to forage in patches of low‐quality food. However, the relative importance in determining where and what herbivores forage still remains unclear, especially for small‐ and intermediate‐sized herbivores. Our...

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Main Authors: Martijn J. A. Weterings, Sander Moonen, Herbert H. T. Prins, Sipke E. vanWieren, Frank vanLangevelde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-08-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
GPS
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4372