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Optimal Foraging Theory: A Possible Role for Parasites
Oikos, 1991The role of parasitism has, to date, been largely ignored in optimal foraging theory. The mechanisms necessary to allow animals to use their diet to protect themselves from potential or actual parasitism have been observed in various species. The inclusion of the effects of parasitism on diet choice may considerably improve the predictive powers of ...
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Methodological Problems in Evolutionary Biology. XI. Optimal Foraging Theory Revisited
Acta Biotheoretica, 1998Optimality theory, particularly optimal foraging theory (OFT), has spurned controversy over decades. I argue that the controversy results from conceptual pitfalls. The focus in this article is on pitfalls underlying the concept of constraint. Constraints in OFT models are a means to distinguish between possible and impossible behaviours.
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Modeling hunter-gatherer decision making: complementing optimal foraging theory
Human Ecology, 1988While optimal foraging theory has been of considerable value for understanding hunter-gatherer subsistence patterns, there is a need for a complementary approach to human foraging behavior which focuses on decision-making processes. Having made this argument, the paper proposes the type of modeling approach that should be developed, using decision ...
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2010
It is generally accepted that the Marginal Value Theorem (MVT) describes optimal foraging strategies. Some research findings, however, indicate that in natural conditions foragers not always behave according to the MVT. To address this inconsistency, in a series of computer simulations, I examined the behaviour of four types of foragers having specific
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It is generally accepted that the Marginal Value Theorem (MVT) describes optimal foraging strategies. Some research findings, however, indicate that in natural conditions foragers not always behave according to the MVT. To address this inconsistency, in a series of computer simulations, I examined the behaviour of four types of foragers having specific
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Optimising a Single Behaviour 1: Optimal Foraging Theory
1986In Example 1 in Chapter 2 I outlined a very simple model of sleeping behaviour in mammals. This model tackled the question of how long an animal should sleep once it has fallen asleep. In this chapter we shall look at some ‘real’ models which tackle similar questions.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
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Optimal anticipatory control as a theory of motor preparation: A thalamo-cortical circuit model
Neuron, 2021Ta-Chu Kao +2 more
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