title: The value of clumping to prey : Experiments with a mammalian predator.
abstract: Southern grasshopper mice (Onychomys torridus) were allowed to junt buried mealworms in a laboratory arena. The prey were arranged in two patterns, one aggregated and one relatively dispersed. Mice captured more prey from the dispersed treatment in the 2 h experiment, a result that can be attributed to both the greater ease of finding the first prey and a more efficient style of search for dispersed prey.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Behavioral Biology, University of Minnesota, 55108, St. Paul, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Taylor