Foraging Theory /

Foraging Theory / / John R. Krebs, David W. Stephens.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Stephens, David W.,
Krebs, John R.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
©1987
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Monographs in Behavior and Ecology ; 1
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Physical Description:1 online resource (262 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Foraging Economics: The Logic of Formal Modeling
  • 2. Average-Rate Maximizing: The Prey and Patch Models
  • 3. Average-Rate Maximizing Again: Changed Constraints
  • 4. Incomplete Information
  • 5. The Economics of Choice: Trade-offs and Herbivory
  • 6. Risk-Sensitive Foraging
  • 7. Dynamic Optimization: The Logic of Multi-Stage Decision Making
  • 8. More on Constraints: Rules of Thumb and Satisficing
  • 9. Testing Foraging Models
  • 10. Optimization Models in Behavioral Ecology: The Spandrel Meets Its Arch-Rival
  • References and Index of Citations
  • Subject Index

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