Table 1.

Organism-level and landscape-level parameters characterizing consumer–resource interactions on patchy landscapes, with associated timescales for consumer movement, reproduction and consumption.

parameter	interpretation
organism-level
s	consumer speed
τ	consumer turning interval
σ	consumer intrinsic rate of growth
η	consumer-specific consumption rate
μ	consumer mortality rate
landscape-level
T	resource timescale (patch duration)
L	resource length scale (distance between patches)
R	characteristic resource density
C	characteristic consumer density
consumer timescales
T	resource patch duration timescale
	consumer search timescale (diffusive movement)
	consumer search timescale (directed movement)
	consumer reproduction timescale
	timescale of resource consumption