Abstract
In the broadest sense, foraging adaptations can include problems of finding food, avoiding predation while looking for food, and reproducing. In this paper, a theory that treats these three behaviors in a consistent, unified manner, with one common currency, is presented. The theory is called unified foraging theory, although it actually pertains to a wider class of behavioral problems. The theory is based on models using Markovian decision processes and leads to quantitatively testable predictions about behavioral strategies.
Keywords
ForagingOptimal foraging theoryEcologyBehavioral ecologyPredationClass (philosophy)Computer scienceMathematical economicsArtificial intelligenceMathematicsBiology
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- 67
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- 1127-1138
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Marc Mangel,
Colin Clark
(1986).
Towards a Unifield Foraging Theory.
Ecology
, 67
(5)
, 1127-1138.
https://doi.org/10.2307/1938669
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- 10.2307/1938669