Optimal foraging

Andrew J King; Harry H Marshall

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.072

Optimal foraging

Andrew J King, Harry H Marshall

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Abstract

Before visiting your local supermarket, do you write your food shopping list in the order you expect to encounter the items as you walk around, aisle by aisle? This way, you minimise your travel distance, saving time and effort. Many other animals do the same. Baboons (Papio ursinus) plan their foraging journeys to out-of-sight resources, moving in an efficient, goal-directed way, and nectar-collecting bumble bees (Bombus impatiens) use efficient travel routes when foraging on familiar resources.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R680-R683
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	32
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.072
Publication status	Published - 20 Jun 2022

Keywords

Animals
Bees
Feeding Behavior
Plant Nectar

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