On territorial behavior and other factors influencing habitat distribution in birds

1969/03/01 by Stephen D. Fretwell, Stephen Dewitt Fretwell, Henry L. Lucas +1 · 4,523 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Distribution (mathematics) #Ecology #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Epistemology #Geography #Habitat #Mathematics #Philosophy #Philosophy of biology #Plant and animal studies

paper · doi:10.1007/bf01601953

published in Acta Biotheoretica 19(1), 16-36 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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