Foraging

Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Volume Vi
Erscheinungsjahr 1987
ISBN: 978-0-89859-550-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Reihe: Quantitative Analyses of Behavior Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Commons, Michael L.

Kacelnik, Alejandro

Shettleworth, Sara J.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierethologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Behaviourismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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