Question 15

(Multiple Choice)

Consider three food patches that have the same predation risk and energetic costs but differ in their missed opportunity costs: patch A has the highest missed opportunity cost, while patch C has the lowest missed opportunity cost. What prediction does Brown's (1988) patch-use model make about how a forager will exploit these patches?


A) Patch A will have the highest GUD
B) Patch B will have the highest GUD
C) Patch C will have the highest GUD
D) All patches will have the same GUD

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