State dependent behavior and the Marginal Value Theorem

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-83

  Nonacs, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Marginal value theorem; Patch use; Predation risk; State dependent behavior; Stochastic dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PATCH USE;

EID: 0035141803     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.beheco.a000381     Document Type: Article

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