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So far in this book we have looked at models that optimise behaviours or behaviour sequences over relatively short time periods. In Chapter 3, our starling maximises energetic returns per round-trip flight time; and in Chapter 6 our great tit optimises behaviour from the start of a feeding bout until satiation. One problem with such short-term optimality models is that optimisation may take place over a rather longer time period. In this chapter we will look at both short-term and long-term optimality models of territorial behaviour. I shall break away from presenting an historical introduction (the interested reader is referred to the very clear account by Krebs and Davies, 1981). Instead, I shall explain the main ideas by introducing a very simple model outlined by McNeill Alexander (1982).
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Lendrem, D. (1986). Short-term and Long-term Optimality Models: Territoriality. In: Modelling in Behavioural Ecology. Studies in Behavioural Adaptation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6568-6_7
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