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Foraging Constraints

Foraging Constraints is a theoretical construct in optimal foraging theory that specifies the limiting factors—such as time, energy, predation risk, and sensory or cognitive limitations—that shape the efficiency and decision rules of an organism’s search for and utilization of food resources.

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The Ecology of Fear: Optimal Foraging, Game Theory, and Trophic Interactions

J. S. Brown, J. W. Laundre, M. B. Gurung · Journal of Mammalogy · 1999 · 1.3K citations

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Optimal Foraging: Attack Strategy of a Mantid

Eric L. Charnov · The American Naturalist · 1976 · 1.1K citations

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Ecological Consequences of the Trade-Off between Growth and Mortality Rates Mediated by Foraging Activity

Earl E. Werner, Bradley R. Anholt · The American Naturalist · 1993 · 1.1K citations

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Optimal Behavior: Can Foragers Balance Two Conflicting Demands?

Andrew Sih · Science · 1980 · 913 citations

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Maximum foraging ranges in solitary bees: only few individuals have the capability to cover long foraging distances

Antonia Zurbuchen, Lisa Landert, Jeannine Klaiber et al. · Biological Conservation · 2010 · 802 citations

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    Alasdair I. Houston

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    16 publications · 1.2K citations

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    Theunis Piersma

    Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands

    8 publications · 811 citations

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    Jan A. van Gils

    Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands

    8 publications · 803 citations

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    Graeme D. Ruxton

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 322 citations

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    Joel S. Brown

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

    8 publications · 491 citations

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  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

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  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    22 h-index

    86 publications

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  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    21 h-index

    32 publications

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  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    19 h-index

    42 publications

    3K citations

  5. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    41 publications

    2.4K citations

  6. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    15 h-index

    39 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    15 h-index

    30 publications

    2.4K citations

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    Burnaby, Canada

    14 h-index

    22 publications

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