Mating Walnut Flies: Optimal Foraging Quiz 1. A forager moves from an area where patches of food are close together
into an area where the patches of food are further apart. The forager
should spend _____ time in each patch than in the area with closely-spaced
patches. 2. Moving from an area with less-rewarding patches of food into an area
with richly-rewarding patches, a forager should change its behavior by
spending _____ time in each patch. 3. Which graph most accurately represents the shape of a gain curve? graph a: (a straight line at a 45 degree
angle from the origin.) Regardless of how you did on the quiz, we highly recommend the University
of Toronto optimal foraging web site. |
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