Foraging

David W. Stephens, Aimee S. Dunlap

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Abstract

This chapter considers foraging behavior and its connections with learning and memory. The chapter reviews the basic models of foraging that behavioral ecologists have developed over the last 40 years. These models provide an economic framework for the study of foraging. Animals forage in a changing environment, and they must adjust their foraging to these changes. Learning and memory play a key role in making these adjustments. The chapter discusses learning mechanisms constraining foraging behavior and how economic principles affect the fitness value of learning. Finally, the chapter reviews the emerging topics of nutritional geometry, semantic patches, and the neuroscience of foraging, and discusses their connections with learning and memory.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationLearning and Memory
Subtitle of host publicationA Comprehensive Reference
PublisherElsevier Inc.
Pages237-253
Number of pages17
ISBN (Print)9780128052914
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Animal groups
  • Diet selection
  • Ecology
  • Economics
  • Evolution
  • Fear
  • Feeding
  • Foraging
  • Game theory
  • Information
  • Models
  • Optimality
  • Patch exploitation
  • Predation
  • Sampling
  • Search image
  • Sociality

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