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Titre : Searching behaviour : the behavioural ecology of finding resources Type de document : document imprimé Auteurs : William J. Bell, Auteur Mention d'édition : 1st ed. Editeur : Springer Année de publication : 1991 Collection : Chapman and Hall animal behaviour series Importance : 372 p. Présentation : Hardcover ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-412-29210-1 Note générale : Searching behaviour is a broad and important topic fundamental to many areas of behavioural biology. This book provides an up-to-date review of the subject. Note de contenu : Introduction. Part I: Theoretical framework. Animal abilities (internal constraints). Resource availability and distribution (external constraints). Efficiency and optimization. Trade-offs: competition and risk. Plasticity in searching behaviour: alternative tactics. Part II: Information for the localization and assessment of resources. Orientation cues: information for searching. Scanning mechanisms. Initiating factors: when to search. Assessment mechanisms: resource, patch and habitat selection. Part III: Search mechanisms. Locating patches and distant resources. Restricting search to a patch. Foraging in the most profitable patches and leaving when profitability declines. When to return to a resource patch. Learning to forage efficiently. Exploratory behaviour. Central place foraging. Part IV: Sources of variability. External environment. Internal environment. Genetic factors. Ontogenetic and maternal influences. Part V: Methodology. Analysing search tracks. Computer simulations of search behaviour locomotory patterns. References. Index. Searching behaviour : the behavioural ecology of finding resources [document imprimé] / William J. Bell, Auteur . - 1st ed. . - Chapman and Hall, 1991 . - 372 p. : Hardcover. - (Chapman and Hall animal behaviour series) .
ISBN : 978-0-412-29210-1
Searching behaviour is a broad and important topic fundamental to many areas of behavioural biology. This book provides an up-to-date review of the subject.
Note de contenu : Introduction. Part I: Theoretical framework. Animal abilities (internal constraints). Resource availability and distribution (external constraints). Efficiency and optimization. Trade-offs: competition and risk. Plasticity in searching behaviour: alternative tactics. Part II: Information for the localization and assessment of resources. Orientation cues: information for searching. Scanning mechanisms. Initiating factors: when to search. Assessment mechanisms: resource, patch and habitat selection. Part III: Search mechanisms. Locating patches and distant resources. Restricting search to a patch. Foraging in the most profitable patches and leaving when profitability declines. When to return to a resource patch. Learning to forage efficiently. Exploratory behaviour. Central place foraging. Part IV: Sources of variability. External environment. Internal environment. Genetic factors. Ontogenetic and maternal influences. Part V: Methodology. Analysing search tracks. Computer simulations of search behaviour locomotory patterns. References. Index. Réservation
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