1st Edition

Foraging Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Volume Vi

    324 Pages
    by Psychology Press

    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.

    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

    Biography

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