Article ID: | iaor20023620 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 157 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 76 |
End Page Number: | 96 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2001 |
Journal: | American Naturalist |
Authors: | Seabloom E.W., Reichman O.J. |
Keywords: | simulation: applications, behaviour, search |
Herbivory often operates through a feedback in which herbivores affect the success and location of plants, which in turn affects the foraging behavior of animals. Factors other than food, such as social behavior, may influence the interactions between herbivores and the plants they consume. We used a simulation model to compare the effects of foraging and social behavior on plant distribution and foraging efficiency by gophers (