Sit-and-wait versus active-search hunting: a behavioral ecological model of optimal search mode

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2015.09.022zbMATH Open1343.92569OpenAlexW1805142942WikidataQ43807939 ScholiaQ43807939MaRDI QIDQ304590FDOQ304590

Authors Cody T. Ross, Bruce Winterhalder 

Publication date 26 August 2016

Published in Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://escholarship.org/uc/item/49m1d1cn

zbMATH Keywords

searchambushenergetics of huntingforaging theoryhunter-gathererssit-and-wait

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ecology (92D40) Animal behavior (92D50)

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Cites Work

• A foraging problem: sit-and-wait versus active predation
• Optimal cooperative searching using purely repulsive interactions
• Optimal foraging strategies: Lévy walks balance searching and patch exploitation under a very broad range of conditions
• Perceptual advertisement by the prey of stalking or ambushing predators
• Selection pressures give composite correlated random walks Lévy walk characteristics
• The Mathematical Foundations Underlying the Use of Line Transects in Animal Ecology

Cited In (3)

• Behavioral heterogeneity in dynamic search situations: theory and experimental evidence
• Energetics of breath-hold hunting: modeling the effects of aging on foraging success in the Weddell seal
• Combining impact of velocity, fear and refuge for the predator–prey dynamics

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