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Optimal Foraging with Minimal Time: A Case of Searching Predators

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1. The first assumption of the optimal foraging theory is:

a: optimal foraging results from natural selection Explanation

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b: natural selection will only favor behavior that maximizes energy return Explanation

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c: natural selection selects foraging behavior that maximizes the size of the prey sought Explanation

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d: optimal foraging is genetically determined Explanation

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2. Behaviors that influence what an animal eats and how it obtains its food are called:

a: foraging behaviors Explanation

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b: social behaviors Explanation

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c: territorial behaviors Explanation

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d: eusocial behaviors Explanation

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3. An animal will always feed on the largest prey they can find:

a: True Explanation

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b: False Explanation

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4. Robert MacArthur, J M Emlen, and Eric Pianka, first proposed an ________ in 1966

a: Parasitism Explanation

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b: Predation Explanation

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c: Ecology Explanation

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d: Optimal foraging theory Explanation

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5. Population density of a predator mainly depends upon ___

a: environmental factors Explanation

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b: food Explanation

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c: interspecific competition Explanation

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d: social behavior Explanation

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