Foraging: Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Volume Vi / Edition 1

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

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