On optimal use of a patchy environment

MacArthur and Pianka's paper on optimal use of a patchy environment. The companion cites it for optimal-diet theory: cheaper handling brings prey once too costly to pursue into the diet. It explains a threat-report finding that autonomy makes previously marginal targets viable for agents that steal.

Cited in

the companion paper (Companion §4)

Used for

Stealing (kleptotrophy); food web (§4)

Strand

Ecology: energetics, niches & interactions · Niches, competition, succession & radiation

Cite

@article{macarthur1966optimal,
  title = {On optimal use of a patchy environment},
  author = {Robert H. MacArthur and Eric R. Pianka},
  year = {1966},
  journal = {The American Naturalist},
  doi = {10.1086/282454},
}