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

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zbMATH Keywords

searchambushenergetics of huntingforaging theoryhunter-gathererssit-and-wait

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ecology (92D40) Animal behavior (92D50)

Cites Work

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

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