Lecture 9

Question 1

For most of human history resource acquistion was done primarily through –

Answer 1

hunting and gathering

Question 2

fitness related currency

Answer 2

calories

Question 3

Models assume foragers are selected to – the net rate of return per unit of foraging time

Answer 3

maximize

Question 4

Assumes that time and resources are both –

Answer 4

scarce

Question 5

Series of models that are used to determine particular aspects of foraging

Answer 5

optimal foraging theory

Question 6

diet breadth

Answer 6

prey choice

Question 7

the problem to be analyzed

Answer 7

decisions

Question 8

measurement scale (energy, protein, survivorship, fertility)

Answer 8

currency

Question 9

(assumptions) other essentials to the model

Answer 9

constraints

Question 10

time spent looking for prey

Answer 10

search

Question 11

pursuit, capture, processing, eating (everything that happens right after you find a prey)

Answer 11

handling

Question 12

Searching and handling are – activities

Answer 12

mutually exclusive

Question 13

Prey are encountered sequentially and randomly, but in proportion to their –

Answer 13

abundance

Question 14

T/F: Prey is neither patchy nor evenly dispersed (fine-grained)

Answer 14

true

Question 15

Hunting does not influence –

Answer 15

abundance

Question 16

Return rate on encounter, what you gain by handling an item

Answer 16

profitability