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Optimal foraging in great tits (Parus major)
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“Rate estimation is usually implemented by a weighted average with exponential decay (Killeen, 1981, 1994), which captures the intuitive notion that because natural environments are nonstationary, recent events should weigh more heavily in memory than long-past events (Cowie, 1977).”
From DYNAMIC RESPONSE-BY-RESPONSE MODELS OF MATCHING BEHAVIOR IN RHESUS MONKEYS (2005) · cites this paper as Cowie, 1977
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Metadata
- Authors
- COWIE, R. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- COWIE, RICHARD J.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1977-07
- Volume
- 268
- Issue
- 5616
- Pages
- 137-139
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2000503930
- Cited by
- 395
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 9.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Avian ecology and behavior
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Keywords
- optimal foraging theory, Parus major, patch residence time, foraging behavior, predator-prey interactions, natural selection
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