Foraging behaviour
13 important questions on Foraging behaviour
What does the optimal foraging theory, OFT, assumes?
What are 2 OFT models?
What is optimal behaviour?
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What is the diet model of the OFT model? explain it and name 3 assumptions
- foragers maximize their fitness by maximizing energy intake rate
- food items are encountered one at a time and in proportion for abundance
- food items can be ranked according to their profitability
What is a forager that eats wide variety of food types called?
What is a forager that eats a restricted diet called?
What is the patch-use model and when is it optimal?
- when animals exploit a patch it can take some time before food is replenished in that patch
- an optimal patch use model predicts how long a forager should stay in a food patch to maximizes its fitness
What are the 4 assumptions of an optimal patch use model?
- foragers attempt to maximize energy intake rate
- all patches are identical
- travel time between the patches is constant
- as a forager depleted a patch, its instantaneous harvest rate declines
What is true about short and long travel time by food patches?
- short travel times have small optimal patch times
- long travel times have long optimal patch times
What doe the energetic cost of foraging includes?
What do predation risk costs involve?
What are missed opportunity costs?
What is the giving up density, GUD?
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