Social & Foraging Behavior Flashcards
0
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Optimal Foraging Model Components
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Decisions
Currency
Constraints
1
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Parthogenesis
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Female can produce an offspring from an unfertilized egg
2
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Profitability (rate of energy) Formula
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Energy/Handling+Search time
3
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Decision
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What to eat
4
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Currency
A
Maximize rate of energy intake
5
Q
Constraints
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Limits on decision (moose sodium constraint/travel time)
6
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When to move to the next patch
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Marginal Value Theorem
7
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Exploitation Competition
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Indirect - what one eats deprives another of food
8
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Interference Competition
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Direct - aggression between individuals to chase one away from a food source
9
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Optimal Foraging Theory
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Predict behavior based on assumptions if what’s important to an animal
