TY - JOUR
T1 - From sensory to social
T2 - The information that impacts animal foraging decisions
AU - Sulikowski, Danielle
N1 - Includes bibliographical references.
PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - Foraging decisions reflect cost-benefit trade-offs. Costs arise from missed opportunities, ingestion (such as if prey are toxic), and acquisition (time and energy through exploration). Benefits arise from acquiring energy, nutrients and information. I present a collection of recent findings from vertebrates and invertebrates, demonstrating the breadth of information – sensory, social, nutritional, spatial and physiological, to name a few – that impacts animal foraging decisions. I also consider key challenges facing the study of foraging cognition, namely misgivings arising from observations of suboptimal foraging decisions in laboratory studies, and a lack of transferability between information use in the laboratory and that in the world. I conclude that an emphasis on custom experimental designs is key to continued empirical progress in the field.
AB - Foraging decisions reflect cost-benefit trade-offs. Costs arise from missed opportunities, ingestion (such as if prey are toxic), and acquisition (time and energy through exploration). Benefits arise from acquiring energy, nutrients and information. I present a collection of recent findings from vertebrates and invertebrates, demonstrating the breadth of information – sensory, social, nutritional, spatial and physiological, to name a few – that impacts animal foraging decisions. I also consider key challenges facing the study of foraging cognition, namely misgivings arising from observations of suboptimal foraging decisions in laboratory studies, and a lack of transferability between information use in the laboratory and that in the world. I conclude that an emphasis on custom experimental designs is key to continued empirical progress in the field.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.04.003
DO - 10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.04.003
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85019244319
SN - 2352-1546
VL - 16
SP - 93
EP - 99
JO - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
JF - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
ER -