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... food supply might affect group size ? Food is rarely dis- tributed evenly . Prey usually occurs in clumps or patches . We can then mea- FIGURE 6.1 . The size of the feeding patch determines 120 Ecology Group Size and Food Supply.
... food supply might affect group size ? Food is rarely dis- tributed evenly . Prey usually occurs in clumps or patches . We can then mea- FIGURE 6.1 . The size of the feeding patch determines 120 Ecology Group Size and Food Supply.
Page 138
... food supply is low , there is low total primate biomass . If the size of food patches is small , the biomass of the foraging group must be small or else its home range must be large . If the food patches are near together , the biomass ...
... food supply is low , there is low total primate biomass . If the size of food patches is small , the biomass of the foraging group must be small or else its home range must be large . If the food patches are near together , the biomass ...
Page 152
... food supply is both defen- sible and worth defending . Several examples support the idea that evenly dis- tributed food supply is more defensible than a patchy food supply . However , it is difficult to support the hypothesis by a ...
... food supply is both defen- sible and worth defending . Several examples support the idea that evenly dis- tributed food supply is more defensible than a patchy food supply . However , it is difficult to support the hypothesis by a ...
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WHAT WHERE | 3 |
ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES | 34 |
FOOD AND FEEDING | 45 |
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