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- PublisherOhio State University Press
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0814202764
- ISBN 13 9780814202760
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages312
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On the Theory of Central Place Foraging'. Pp. 154-177 in: Analysis of Ecological Systems.
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Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1979.
(1979)
ISBN 10: 0814202764
ISBN 13: 9780814202760
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Entire volume offered. ix, 312 pp; illus. Original cloth. Near Fine, in very good dust jacket. Third Ohio State University Biosciences Colloquia, 1977. 'Central place foraging (CPF) theory is an evolutionary ecology model for analyzing how an organism can maximize foraging rates while traveling through a patch (a discrete resource concentration), but maintains the key distinction of a forager traveling from a home base to a distant foraging location rather than simply passing through an area or travelling at random. CPF was initially developed to explain how red-winged blackbirds might maximize energy returns when traveling to and from a nest. The model has been further refined and used by anthropologists studying human behavioral ecology and archaeology. Orians and Pearson (1979) found that red-winged blackbirds in eastern Washington State tend to capture a larger number of single species prey items per trip compared to the same species in Costa Rica, which brought back large, single insects. Foraging specialization by Costa Rican blackbirds was attributed to increased search and handling costs of nocturnal foraging, whereas birds in Eastern Washington forage diurnally for prey with lower search and handling costs' (Wikipedia). Seller Inventory # 25066
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