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Resource Patch Use

Resource Patch Use is a theoretical construct in grazing ecology that denotes the pattern and extent to which herbivores selectively exploit spatially discrete units of forage or nutrients within a landscape, distinguished by its focus on the behavioral and ecological mechanisms governing the utilization of heterogeneous resource patches.

334

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27.4K

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795

Authors

352

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2017–2026

36

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Publications

334

On Optimal Use of a Patchy Environment

Robert H. MacArthur, Eric R. Pianka · The American Naturalist · 1966 · 4.5K citations

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Connectivity Is a Vital Element of Landscape Structure

Philip Taylor, Lenore Fahrig, Kringen Henein et al. · Oikos · 1993 · 2.5K citations

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Patch use as an indicator of habitat preference, predation risk, and competition

Joel S. Brown · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1988 · 1.4K citations

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Factors Affecting Gerbil Foraging Behavior and Rates of Owl Predation

Burt P. Kotler, Joel S. Brown, Oren Hasson · Ecology · 1991 · 551 citations

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Hunting by expectation or optimal foraging? A study of patch use by chickadees

John R. Krebs, John Ryan, Eric L. Charnov · Animal Behaviour · 1974 · 551 citations

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Authors

795

  1. BP
    Burt P. Kotler

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    31 publications · 2.5K citations

    24

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  2. JS
    Joel S. Brown

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

    26 publications · 3.8K citations

    23

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  3. PL
    Per Lundberg

    Lund University, Sweden

    6 publications · 559 citations

    6

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  4. DW
    Douglas W. Morris

    Lakehead University, Canada

    5 publications · 190 citations

    5

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  5. CM
    Clare McArthur

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    4 publications · 167 citations

    4

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Institutions

352

  1. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    21 h-index

    49 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    18 h-index

    29 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    573 citations

  4. Nelson Mandela University

    Port Elizabeth, South Africa

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    414 citations

  5. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    6 h-index

    18 publications

    710 citations

  6. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    714 citations

  7. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    484 citations

  8. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    171 citations

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Venues

  1. Oikos

    30 publications · 4.4K citations

    23

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  2. Ecology

    18 publications · 2.3K citations

    17

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  3. Behavioral Ecology

    18 publications · 1.5K citations

    17

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  4. Journal of Mammalogy

    JM · 13 publications · 506 citations

    12

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  5. Journal of Arid Environments

    8 publications · 430 citations

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