Public information can be beneficial in group-living animals because it allows:
A) individuals to use the behavior of others as a cue to changes in environmental conditions.
B) animals to use the foraging success of others as an estimate of patch quality.
C) individuals to acquire specific novel behaviors that enhance foraging success.
D) group members to fool their peers by increasing environmental uncertainty.
E) a and b
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Q1: Optimization techniques are used to:
A) represent perfectly
Q2: Individuals that adopt "producer" foraging strategies:
A) make
Q4: Which two requirements must be met to
Q5: The simplest optimal prey choice models assume
Q6: Models that examine whether variance in food
Q7: Which of the following statements does NOT
Q8: The "marginal value" refers to the:
A) average
Q9: The most salient prediction of optimal prey
Q10: A "patch" is defined as a clump
Q11: Discuss the primary differences between social learning
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