Local orientation and the evolution of foraging: Changes in decision making can eliminate evolutionary trade-offs

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  van der Post, Daniel J ^a,b   Semmann, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR; DECISIONS MAKINGS; EXTENDED MODEL; INDIVIDUAL DECISION MAKING; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELLING; LOCAL DECISION-MAKING; LOCAL ORIENTATIONS; RESTRICTED MODELLING; SIMPLE++; TRADE OFF;

DECISION MAKING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOOD; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FOOD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION;

EID: 80055088698     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002186     Document Type: Article

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