Flashcards in Lecture 9 Deck (16)
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For most of human history resource acquistion was done primarily through --
hunting and gathering
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fitness related currency
calories
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Models assume foragers are selected to -- the net rate of return per unit of foraging time
maximize
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Assumes that time and resources are both --
scarce
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Series of models that are used to determine particular aspects of foraging
optimal foraging theory
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diet breadth
prey choice
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the problem to be analyzed
decisions
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measurement scale (energy, protein, survivorship, fertility)
currency
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(assumptions) other essentials to the model
constraints
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time spent looking for prey
search
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pursuit, capture, processing, eating (everything that happens right after you find a prey)
handling
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Searching and handling are -- activities
mutually exclusive
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Prey are encountered sequentially and randomly, but in proportion to their --
abundance
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T/F: Prey is neither patchy nor evenly dispersed (fine-grained)
true
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Hunting does not influence --
abundance
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