On the role of patch density and patch variability in central-place foraging

DOI10.1016/0040-5809(88)90024-XzbMATH Open0654.92012MaRDI QIDQ1108965FDOQ1108965

Authors: Ewart A. C. Thomas 

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

gamma distributionpatchy environmentsforaging behaviorcentral-place foragingexistence of a finite optimal deadlineoptimal foragerpatch variabilityprobability distribution of prey density across patchessingle-prey loadersspatial density of patches

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ecology (92D40)

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• Central Place Foraging in Nonpatchy Habitats
• Patch leaving rules: a stochastic version of a well-known deterministic motivational model
• A guide to central place effects in foraging
• A general theory of central place foraging for single-prey loaders
• Central-place seed foraging and vegetation patterns
• Optimal Bayesian foraging policies and prey population dynamics. Some comments on Rodríguez-Gironés and Vásquez

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