marine biology

Foraging Behavior

When you visit a buffet, do you have a favorite strategy for filling up? What if instead of a long, single table, there are 3-4 stations? Only a handful of people at the buffet? Long lines? What if there were Tupperware available, so you could save food for later? How might each of these circumstances change your strategy? What if a hungry lion was in the room? How might that threat change things? As this book’s preface states “Foraging behavior has always been a central concern of ecology.