Science – Adolfo G. Ramirez-Aristizabal

Optimal Foraging Theory: Foraging in the Face of Uncertainty

Abstract Classic Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT) originally outlined food finding behavior through the Marginal Value Theorem (MVT), which describes the best time to move onto a new resource patch. The extension of the MVT to cognitive processes has allowed for the testing beyond the ideal observed behavior and into mechanistic processes that give rise toContinue reading “Optimal Foraging Theory: Foraging in the Face of Uncertainty”