Essays about: "Ingegärd Enander Malmros"

Found 2 essays containing the words Ingegärd Enander Malmros.

1. 1. An Optimal Foraging Perspective on Early Holocene Human Prey Choice on Gotland : Affluence or Starvation?

   University essay from Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

   Author : Ingegärd Enander Malmros; [2012]
   Keywords : Gotland; grey seal; Holocene; hunter-gatherer; Mesolithic; Optimal Foraging Theory; OFT; 8.2 ka BP cold event; Zen Road;

   Abstract : The Optimal Foraging Theory, rooted in the processual archaeology, uses a measuring methodology where the foraging strategy that gives the highest payoff measured as the highest ratio of energy gain per time unit is analysed (Mac Arthur & Pianca 1966, Emlen 1966). The theory is a branch of evolutionary ecology why much attention is paid to the interdependence of humans and preys and environmental conditions caused by climatologically and geographical changes or by overexploitation or other changes caused by humans. READ MORE

3. 2. Optimal Foraging Theory - OFT : Background, Problems and Possibilities

   University essay from Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

   Author : Ingegärd Enander Malmros; [2012]
   Keywords : Darwinism; diet-breadth; evolutionary ecology; Marginal Value Theorem; MVT; Optimal Foraging Theory; OFT; patch choice; prey choice; Gotland;

   Abstract : Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT) has its origin in processualistic ideas in 1960s with traces back to the dawn of the archaeological science in the 19th century. The OFT model is based on the construction of an individual’s food item selection understood as an evolutionary construct that maximizes the net energy gained per unit feeding time. READ MORE