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