Optimal Foraging Theory - Application To Biology

Application To Biology

Predators obviously do not solve OFT equations, and most animals will deviate from the aforementioned models. Application of this model to hunter-gatherer systems has helped ecological anthropologists empirically quantify predator-prey relationships.

Feeding behaviour can be predicted by the optimal foraging theory, where animals minimize costs and maximize food intake when foraging. This theory accounts for the strategies that Scaly-breasted Munia adopt to increase feeding efficacy

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