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Evaluating gain functions in foraging bouts using vertical excursions in northern elephant seals

2017
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Animal Behaviour

Ferraro, M. S., R. R. Decker, D. P. Costa, P. W. Robinson, D. S. Houser, and D. E. Crocker

The marginal value theorem models patch departure decisions for foraging animals when resources are unevenly distributed. A key component of these models is the decelerating energy...
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Keywords: Gain function, Marine predator, Optimal foraging, Patch residence, Phocid