Delivering Food to a Central Place: Three Studies of Bee-Eaters ( Merops Apiaster )

作者: John R. Krebs , Mark I. Avery , Alasdair I. Houston

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-1839-2_4

关键词: Energy maximizationGeographySpiteStatisticsMerops apiasterSimilarity (network science)

摘要: In this paper we will describe three studies of European bee-eaters (Merops apiaster) delivering food to a central place. We discuss all in terms energy maximization, and so doing show how spite their superficial similarity the illustrate different problems faced by birds. Our success accounting for birds’ behavior energy-maximizing ranges from good poor.

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