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2. Average-Rate Maximizing: The Prey and Patch Models
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David W. Stephens
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- 1. Foraging Economics: The Logic of Formal Modeling 1
- 2. Average-Rate Maximizing: The Prey and Patch Models 13
- 3. Average-Rate Maximizing Again: Changed Constraints 38
- 4. Incomplete Information 75
- 5. The Economics of Choice: Trade-offs and Herbivory 104
- 6. Risk-Sensitive Foraging 128
- 7. Dynamic Optimization: The Logic of Multi-Stage Decision Making 151
- 8. More on Constraints: Rules of Thumb and Satisficing 170
- 9. Testing Foraging Models 183
- 10. Optimization Models in Behavioral Ecology: The Spandrel Meets Its Arch-Rival 206
- References and Index of Citations 217
- Subject Index 239
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- 1. Foraging Economics: The Logic of Formal Modeling 1
- 2. Average-Rate Maximizing: The Prey and Patch Models 13
- 3. Average-Rate Maximizing Again: Changed Constraints 38
- 4. Incomplete Information 75
- 5. The Economics of Choice: Trade-offs and Herbivory 104
- 6. Risk-Sensitive Foraging 128
- 7. Dynamic Optimization: The Logic of Multi-Stage Decision Making 151
- 8. More on Constraints: Rules of Thumb and Satisficing 170
- 9. Testing Foraging Models 183
- 10. Optimization Models in Behavioral Ecology: The Spandrel Meets Its Arch-Rival 206
- References and Index of Citations 217
- Subject Index 239
