Recent experience-driven behaviour optimizes foraging

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-19

  Zhang, Feng ^a,b   Hui, Cang ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Behavioural strategy; Diet breadth; Ecological rationality; Experience driven decision making; Heuristic decision making; Hunger aversion; Neural mechanism; Optimal foraging theory; Reference point; Rule of thumb

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXPLOITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OPTIMIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84909964676     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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