A new application for the optimal foraging theory: the extraction of medicinal plants. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012 The Optimal Foraging Theory was used to identify possible patterns in bark extraction and the selective cutting of Anadenanthera colubrina (Angico), a medicinal plant.
Soldati GT, de Albuquerque UP.
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An Experimental Test of Central Place Foraging Theory in a Cooperatively Breeding Bird [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionCentral place foraging, whereby individuals are constrained in their foraging by their need to return to a central place, is common in nesting birds. A key prediction of the central place foraging theory models developed by Orians and Pearson is that as ...
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Insights for caribou/reindeer management using optimal foraging theory
Rangifer, 1991 Optimal foraging theory is useful to wildlife managers, because it helps explain the nutritional value of different habitats for wildlife species. Based upon nutritional value, the use of different habitats can be predicted, including how factors such as
Gary E. Belovsky
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Conservation & Society, 2011 Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT) is here applied to analyse the foraging behaviour of Brazilian artisanal fishers of the Atlantic coast (Itacuruçá and São Paulo Bagre villages) and of the inland Amazonian region (Jarauá and Ebenezer villages).
Priscila F.M. Lopes +5 more
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Stochastic Optimal Foraging Theory
, 2013 30 páginas We present here the core elements of a stochastic optimal foraging theory (SOFT), essentially, a random search theory for ecologists. SOFT complements classic optimal foraging theory (OFT) in that it assumes fully uninformed searchers in an explicit space.
Bartumeus, Frederic +3 more
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Failure of optimal foraging theory to appeal to researchers working on the origins of agriculture worldwide. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2014 Smith BD.
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Adjacent Honey Bee Colonies Locally Partition Their Foraging Across Landscapes [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionOptimal foraging theory (OFT) predicts that animals employ foraging strategies that maximize a particular currency, such as net energetic efficiency, to meet their nutritional demands. Two nonexclusive patterns that arise from OFT are convergence on high‐
Bradley D. Ohlinger +3 more
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Optimal Foraging Theory and the Psychology of Learning
American Zoologist, 1983 The development of optimization theory has made important contributions to the study of animal behavior. But the optimization approach needs to be integrated with other methods of ethology and psychology. For example, the ability to learn is an important component of efficient foraging behavior in many species, and the psychology of animal learning ...
A. Kamil
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Why Lévy Foraging does not need to be ‘unshackled’ from Optimal Foraging Theory [PDF]
Physics of Life Reviews, 2015 Humphries, NE
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Eating smart: Free-ranging dogs follow an optimal foraging strategy while scavenging in groups
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Foraging and acquiring of food is a delicate balance between managing the costs (both energy and social) and individual preferences. Previous research on solitarily foraging free-ranging dogs showed that they prioritise the nutritionally highest valued ...
Rohan Sarkar +18 more
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