Optimal foraging theory (OFT) is a behavioral ecology model that helps predict how an animal behaves when searching for food. Although obtaining food...

consume termites. The theory scientists use to understand solitary foraging is called optimal foraging theory. Optimal foraging theory (OFT) was first proposed...

sensory ability of the star-nosed mole. According to optimal foraging theory, organisms forage in such a way as to maximize their net energy intake per...

Information foraging is a theory that applies the ideas from optimal foraging theory to understand how human users search for information. The theory is based...

uncontrolled excesses of the material economy." Optimal foraging theory states that organisms forage in such a way as to maximize their energy intake...

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can be predicted by the optimal foraging theory, where animals minimise time and energy spent to maximise food intake. This theory has been tested by studying...

such criticism is the argument that the mathematical models of optimal foraging theory do not offer insight that goes beyond the common-sense conclusions...

broader models such as MVT. Diminishing returns Optimal foraging theory Charnov, E. L. 1976. Optimal foraging: the marginal value theorem. Theoretical Population...

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social groups has been widely studied within the framework of optimal foraging theory and animal decision making. While animals under the risk of predation...

Pierce, G. J.; Ollason, J. G. (May 1987). "Eight reasons why optimal foraging theory is a complete waste of time". Oikos. 49 (1): 111–118. Bibcode:1987Oikos...

to prey size. The general trend in the foraging behavior of lemon sharks conforms to the optimal foraging theory, which suggests a positive relationship...

sensing, allowing them to regulate nutrient intake. Optimal foraging theory is a model that explains foraging behavior as a cost–benefit analysis in which an...

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about an organism's optimal behavior or other aspects of its phenotype. Optimality modeling is the modeling aspect of optimization theory. It allows for the...

100ft away. Messor barbarus is found to act in accordance with the optimal foraging theory, which predicts that selectivity in ants increases with increasing...

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travel cost of energy. This behaviour is not consistent with the optimal foraging theory. It is possible, however, that because mature females are larger...

any moving target that is of appropriate size, consistent with optimal foraging theory that predicts palatable insects of an appropriate size should be...

Roy A. Rappaport and Hawkes, Hill, and O'Connell's use of Pyke's optimal foraging theory for the latter's work are some examples of this new focus. This...

(2004). "Niche tradeoffs, neutrality, and community structure: A stochastic theory of resource competition, invasion, and community assembly". Proceedings...

the body down. Foraging during the night when it is cooler, and when there is less competition, supports the optimal foraging theory; maximize energy...

differs from the main body of Optimal Foraging Theory in stating that animals can select food in order to make optimal use of their digestive tract (maximize...

S2CID 1311044. Rodríguez, J.; Guillermo, Z.-R.; Ana, M. (2019). "Does optimal foraging theory explain the behavior of the oldest human cannibals?". Journal of...

and foraging habits of C. armatus has revealed that this species follows an active foraging strategy consistent with the optimal foraging theory. C. armatus...

September 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2016. Pyke, G H (1984). "Optimal Foraging Theory: A Critical Review". Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics....

patterns in energy flow that are governed by thermodynamics, which is the theory of energy exchange between systems. Trophic dynamics relates to thermodynamics...

While SES theory draws on a range of discipline-specific theories, such as island biogeography, optimal foraging theory, and microeconomic theory, it is...

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