The survival-rate-maximizing policy for Bayesian foragers: Wait for good news

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 345-353

  Olsson, Ola ^a   Holmgren, Noél M A ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bayesian foraging; Dynamic optimization; Giving up density; Patch model; Patch residence time

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MODEL; PATCH USE; PREDATION;

EID: 0031845336     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.4.345     Document Type: Article

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