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The problems facing a foraging animal have been studied on the basis of a variety of mathematical models. MacArthur and Pianka (1966) used marginality arguments familiar in economics to study optimal patch selection and optimal prey selection within patches. Fretwell (1972) discussed the equilibrium distribution of foragers among patches. Charnov (1976) characterized the problem of moving from one patch to another in terms of a Marginal Value Theorem, also familiar in economics. Schoener (1971) modelled territorial behavior. The predictions of these models have been tested in numerous experiments, with varying degrees of agreement between theory and observation (Krebs et al 1983).
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Clark, C.W., Mangel, M. (1987). Markovian Foraging Models. In: Teramoto, E., Yumaguti, M. (eds) Mathematical Topics in Population Biology, Morphogenesis and Neurosciences. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 71. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93360-8_6
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