Foraging: Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Volume Vi

by Michael L. Commons (Editor), Alejandro Kacelnik (Editor), Sara J. Shettleworth (Editor)

Overview

The sixth volume in this respected series systematically presents and evaluates quantitative models of various foraging phenomena, including: steady state decision rules; acquisition of decision rules; perception and learning in foraging behavior.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780898595505
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/01/1987
Series:	Quantitative Analyses of Behavior Series
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1400L (what's this?)

About the Author

Michael L. Commons, Alejandro Kacelnik, Sara J. Shettleworth

Table of Contents

I: Aspects of Optimal-Foraging Theory; 1: Survival, Energy Budgets, and Foraging Risk; 2: Foraging in Patches; 3: The Control of Foraging Decisions; II: Foraging in a Changing Environment; 4: Foraging in a Changing Environment; 5: Foraging in a Changing Environment; 6: Learning and Foraging in Pigeons; 7: Environmental Constraints on Optimal-Foraging Behavior; III: Operant and Pavlovian Processes; 8: Mechanisms of Signal-Controlled Foraging Behavior; 9: Choice and Optimal Foraging; IV: Special Foraging Adaptations; 10: Foraging for Stored Food; 11: The Influence of Context on Choice Behavior; V: Methodology; 12: Detecting and Eliminating Spatial Bias when Tracking Foraging Behavior in a Laboratory Experiment