Hunger and the Optimal Diet
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The American Naturalist
- Vol. 122 (3) , 326-334
- https://doi.org/10.1086/284138
Abstract
An optimal diet model is presented based on the expected time required for a predator to reach satiation. Predictions differ in some cases from a model based on maximization of the rate of energy intake. Foraging time may be minimized by a predator that begins as a specialist and then expands its diet to include lower value prey when it is near satiation. The results are most applicable when prey size is large relative to total intake.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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