How movement properties affect prey encounter rates of ambush versus active predators: a comment on Scharf et al.

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Movement Ecology Laboratory, Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.

Published: October 2008

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