How do foragers decide when to leave a patch? A test of alternative models under natural and experimental conditions

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 894-902

  Marshall, Harry H ^a,b   Carter, Alecia J ^a,c,d   Ashford, Alexandra ^a,b   Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^a   Cowlishaw, Guy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian updating; Habitat predictability; Learning; Marginal value theorem; Patch departure rules; Primate

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LEARNING; OPTIMIZATION; PATCH USE; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE;

PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PAPIO URSINUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAPIO URSINUS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879173427     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12089     Document Type: Article

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