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State-dependent Foraging

State-Dependent Foraging is a theoretical framework in optimal foraging theory that models foraging decisions as a function of an organism's internal state, such as energy reserves or reproductive status, thereby predicting how trade-offs in behavioral choices vary with physiological condition.

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General results concerning the trade-off between gaining energy and avoiding predation

Alasdair I. Houston, John M. McNamara, J. Hutchinson · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1993 · 659 citations

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Internal state dynamics shape brainwide activity and foraging behaviour

João C. Marques, meng Li, Diane Schaak et al. · Nature · 2019 · 267 citations

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State dependent behavior and the Marginal Value Theorem

Peter Nonacs · Behavioral Ecology · 2001 · 262 citations · Full text

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A framework for the functional analysis of behaviour

Alasdair I. Houston, John M. McNamara · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1988 · 244 citations

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Unexpected rewards induce dopamine-dependent positive emotion–like state changes in bumblebees

Cwyn Solvi, Luigi Baciadonna, Lars Chıttka · Science · 2016 · 205 citations

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Authors

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  1. BP
    Burt P. Kotler

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    5 publications · 180 citations

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  2. AI
    Alasdair I. Houston

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. JM
    John M. McNamara

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. JS
    Joel S. Brown

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

    4 publications · 275 citations

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  5. TN
    Thomas N. Sherratt

    Carleton University, Canada

    3 publications · 228 citations

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Institutions

94

  1. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    2K citations

  2. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    6 h-index

    18 publications

    680 citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    204 citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    300 citations

  6. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    345 citations

  7. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    270 citations

  8. Carleton University

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    228 citations

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  2. Animal Behaviour

    9 publications · 576 citations

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  3. Behavioral Ecology

    7 publications · 538 citations

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  4. Oikos

    6 publications · 286 citations

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  5. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    3 publications · 248 citations

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