アシンプトティックな獲物の収益性は,星鼻のモールを餌の速度制限に駆り立てます

Kenneth C Catania1, Fiona E Remple

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, VU Station B, Box 351634, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA. ken.catania@Vanderbilt.edu

Nature
|February 4, 2005
PubMed
まとめ

星鼻モールは,獲物を捕獲し,消費する際の極端な速度を示し,最適な餌探し理論を支持します. 彼らの迅速な処理時間は,小さな獲物を含めることを可能にし,速度のための選択を示しています.

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