• The marginal value theorem (MVT) is an optimality model that usually describes the behavior of an optimally foraging individual in a system where resources...
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    these situations. The marginal value theorem is a type of optimality model that is often applied to optimal foraging. This theorem is used to describe a...
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    their food, such as Kleiber's law, Holling's disk equation and the marginal value theorem (see below). Kleiber's law describes the relationship between an...
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    Learning curve Experience curve effects Liebig's Law of the minimum Marginal value theorem Opportunity cost Returns to scale Pareto efficiency Self-organized...
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    foraging theory have been made by: Eric Charnov, who developed the marginal value theorem to predict the behavior of foragers using patches; Sir John Krebs...
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    optimal foraging strategy for search has been modelled using the marginal value theorem. Search patterns often appear random. One such is the Lévy walk...
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  • analysis) Marden's theorem (polynomials) Mazur's control theorem (number theory) Mergelyan's theorem (complex analysis) Marginal value theorem (biology, optimization)...
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  • {\displaystyle T} , whose marginal probability distribution is closely connected to a main question of interest in the study. The p-value is used in the context...
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    Emergence Extinction debt Kleiber's law Liebig's law of the minimum Marginal value theorem Thorson's rule Xerosere Other Allometry Alternative stable state...
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  • Emergence Extinction debt Kleiber's law Liebig's law of the minimum Marginal value theorem Thorson's rule Xerosere Other Allometry Alternative stable state...
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  • return to a factor of production depends upon the value of its marginal productivity. The marginal productivity of a factor, like labor, in turn depends...
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  • George theorem states that under certain conditions, aggregate spending by government on public goods will increase aggregate rent based on land value (land...
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    different species delimitations will lead to different species richness values for the same set of individuals. In practice, people are usually interested...
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    diet) and 2.57 (for Iceland, with 50% meat and fish, 50% plants). These values are comparable to those of non-apex predators such as the anchovy or pig...
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    are generally "improvements in the condition or location of things of value". These include things like the maintenance of hydrological cycles, cleaning...
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    Emergence Extinction debt Kleiber's law Liebig's law of the minimum Marginal value theorem Thorson's rule Xerosere Other Allometry Alternative stable state...
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  • dataset, changing the value of q has no effect, but species diversity at any value of q equals species richness. Negative values of q are not used, because...
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  • for all θ ∈ Θ {\displaystyle \theta \in \Theta } . Define the marginal function (or value function) f ∗ : Θ → R {\displaystyle f^{*}:\Theta \to \mathbb...
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    Emergence Extinction debt Kleiber's law Liebig's law of the minimum Marginal value theorem Thorson's rule Xerosere Other Allometry Alternative stable state...
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    excreta are materials which other animals do not need, whatever energy value they might have, they are often unbalanced as a source of nutrients, and...
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    Emergence Extinction debt Kleiber's law Liebig's law of the minimum Marginal value theorem Thorson's rule Xerosere Other Allometry Alternative stable state...
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