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This account of the current state of foraging theory is also a valuable description of the use of optimality theory in behavioral ecology in general. Organizing and introducing the main research themes in economic analyses of animal feeding behavior, the authors analyze the empirical evidence bearin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephens, David W., 1955-
Other Authors: Krebs, J. R. (John R.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1986.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Animal > 2017 > Bildband
Tiere.
Animaux > Alimentation.
Animal ecology.
Animals > Food.
Modell
Optimierung
Nahrungserwerb
ökológia > táplálkozás > modellek
Models, Theoretical.
Food Supply.
Behavior, Animal.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foraging economics: the logic of formal modeling
  • Average-rate maximizing: the prey and patch models
  • Average-rate maximizing again: changed constraints
  • Incomplete information
  • The economics of choice: trade-offs and herbivory
  • Rish-sensitive foraging
  • Dynamic optimization: the logic of multi-stage decision making
  • More on constraints: rules of thumb and satisficing
  • Testing foraging models
  • Optimization models in behavioral ecology: the spandrel meets its arch-rival

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