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Optimal Foraging with Minimal Time: A Case of Searching Predators
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Optimal Foraging with Minimal Time: A Case of Searching Predators
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Theory
Procedure
Self Evaluation
Simulator
Assignment
Reference
Feedback
1)
The first assumption of the optimal foraging theory is
optimal foraging results from natural selection
natural selection will only favor behavior that maximizes energy return
natural selection selects foraging behavior that maximizes the size of the prey sought
optimal foraging is genetically determined
2)
Behaviors that influence what an animal eats and how it obtains its food are called
foraging behaviors
social behaviors
territorial behaviors
eusocial behaviors
3)
An animal will always feed on the largest prey they can find.
True
False
4)
Robert MacArthur, J M Emlen, and Eric Pianka, first proposed an ________ in 1966.
Parasitism
Predation
Ecology
Optimal foraging theory
5)
Population density of a predator mainly depends upon ________.
environmental factors
food
interspecific competition
social behavior
Cite this Simulator:
vlab.amrita.edu,. (2011). Optimal Foraging with Minimal Time: A Case of Searching Predators. Retrieved 1 December 2024, from vlab.amrita.edu/?sub=3&brch=67&sim=776&cnt=3
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