A Class of Patch-Use Strategies
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- 1 May 1983
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Zoologist
- Vol. 23 (2) , 303-313
- https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/23.2.303
Abstract
A class of models for economic, or optimal, foraging in a patchy habitat is characterized. All models in the class share a number of ecologically important properties, but there are important differences, as well. These models are well suited to studying properties of a variety of simple behavioral rules which foragers might use in deciding when to leave a patch. Several extensions and limitations of the class are also pointed out.Keywords
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