Essays about: "Marginal Value Theorem"

Found 1 essay containing the words Marginal Value Theorem.

  1. 1. 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