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Patch Choice

Patch Choice is a theoretical construct in optimal foraging theory that specifies the decision-making process by which an animal selects among discrete resource patches to maximize foraging efficiency based on patch quality, distance, and depletion rates.

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Patch Selection

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Publications

260

On Optimal Use of a Patchy Environment

Robert H. MacArthur, Eric R. Pianka · The American Naturalist · 1966 · 4.5K citations

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Patch use as an indicator of habitat preference, predation risk, and competition

Joel S. Brown · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1988 · 1.4K citations

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Test of optimal sampling by foraging great tits

John R. Krebs, Alejandro Kacelnik, Peter Taylor · Nature · 1978 · 609 citations

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Neuronal basis of sequential foraging decisions in a patchy environment

Benjamin Y. Hayden, John Pearson, Michael L. Platt · Nature Neuroscience · 2011 · 553 citations · Full text

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Hunting by expectation or optimal foraging? A study of patch use by chickadees

John R. Krebs, John Ryan, Eric L. Charnov · Animal Behaviour · 1974 · 551 citations

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Authors

483

  1. JS
    Joel S. Brown

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

    11 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. BP
    Burt P. Kotler

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    6 publications · 460 citations

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  3. SJ
    Sally J. Holbrook

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    5 publications · 539 citations

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  4. RJ
    Russell J. Schmitt

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    5 publications · 539 citations

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  5. LA
    Lisa A. Shipley

    Washington State University, United States

    5 publications · 339 citations

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Institutions

244

  1. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    240 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    580 citations

  3. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    376 citations

  4. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    284 citations

  5. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    847 citations

  6. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    317 citations

  7. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    19 publications

    863 citations

  8. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    777 citations

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Venues

  1. Ecology

    19 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. The American Naturalist

    AN · 17 publications · 6.6K citations

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  3. Animal Behaviour

    16 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. Behavioral Ecology

    17 publications · 1.2K citations

    15

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  5. Oikos

    13 publications · 963 citations

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