Optimal foraging in great tits (Parus major)

Optimal foraging, the marginal value theorem

Eric L. Charnov · Theoretical Population Biology · 1976 · 5.3K citations

Mathematical Programming, Economics, Equilibrium Problem +6

On Optimal Use of a Patchy Environment

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

Mathematical Programming, Engineering, Fitness +18

Theory of Feeding Strategies

Thomas W. Schoener · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1971 · 3.5K citations

Nutrition, Economics, Foraging +11

Aggregation, Variance and the Mean

L. R. Taylor · Nature · 1961 · 2.5K citations

Aggregate Function, Engineering, Probability Theory +3

The Role of Time and Energy in Food Preference

John M. Emlen · The American Naturalist · 1966 · 1.4K citations

Nutrition, Engineering, Fitness +19