How do foragers decide when to leave a patch? A test of alternative models under natural and experimental conditions
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2013
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Marshall, Harry H
Carter, Alecia
Ashford, Alexandra
Rowcliffe, J. Marcus
Cowlishaw, Guy
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British Ecological Society
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A forager's optimal patch-departure time can be predicted by the prescient marginal value theorem (pMVT), which assumes they have perfect knowledge of the environment, or by approaches such as Bayesian updating and learning rules, which avoid this assumpt
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Keywords: Bayesian analysis; decision making; ecological theory; experimental study; foraging behavior; habitat quality; individual-based model; learning; optimization; patch use; perception; primate; Papio; Papio ursinus; Primates Bayesian updating; Habitat predictability; Learning; Marginal value theorem; Patch-departure-rules; Primate
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Journal of Animal Ecology
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