Optimal Foraging Theory: A Critical Review
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Summary
It follows that the proportion of individuals in a population foraging in ways that enhance their fitness will tend to increase over time, and the average foraging behavior will increasingly come to be characterized by those characteristics that enhance individual fitness.
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- review
- Published
- 1984-11-01
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- 2,211
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- 112
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Keywords
Foraging, Optimal foraging theory, Computer science, Biology, Ecology
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