#Question id: 3485
#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology
Optimal foraging involves all of the following except
A) maximizing energy gained by the forager.
B) minimizing energy expended by the forager.
C) securing essential nutrients for the forager.
D) minimizing the risk of predation on the forager.
E) maximizing the population size of the forager
#Question id: 3450
#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology
This behavior, in which individual members of a species maintain exclusive use of an area that contains some limiting resource, such as foraging ground, food, or potential mates, is called
#Question id: 11776
#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology
According to optimal foraging theory, longer travel time
#Question id: 3478
#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology
Natural selection may favour the evolution of foraging behaviours by predator that
#Question id: 3486
#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology
Which of the following might affect the foraging behavior of an animal in the context of optimal foraging?
A) risk of predation
B) prey size
C) prey defenses
#Question id: 10248
#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology