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ideal free distribution

Scope: population ecology
Papers: 4 | Mentions: 4

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Definition

Theory that animals distribute themselves among habitat patches in proportion to resource availability, with high-quality patches becoming occupied first and animals moving to lower-quality patches as density increases

Related Terms (3)

IFDIDFideal despotic distribution

Publications (4)

article

Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

2022Ecology and Evolutiontested
student_paper

Testing how density affects caddisfly distribution along a detritus quality gradient

2021framework
student_paper

Effects of Elevation on Trap Behavior in Mountain White-crowned Sparrows (<i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha</i>)

2016tested
student_paper

Bumblebee foraging on vertical inflorescences: optimal or not?

2009referenced

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