- Award ID(s):
- 1559380
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10049984
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Animal Ecology
- Volume:
- 87
- Issue:
- 3
- ISSN:
- 0021-8790
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 546 to 558
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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