Co-Authors:
Baharav, D., Society for Protection of Nature in Israel, 4 Hashfela St., Tel Aviv, Israel.
Rosenzweig, M.L., Society for Protection of Nature in Israel, 4 Hashfela St., Tel Aviv, Israel.
Abstract:
Gazella dorcas foraging in the wild appear to conform to the prediction that they should spend more time in richer patches. They do so even though what they must optimize changes greatly from the dry to the wet season. Their foraging behaviour appears to conform more closely to the Charnov model, in which foragers abandon a patch because it has been partly depleted, than the Pyke model, in which foragers leave because a patch begins by being poor compared to what is available elsewhere. -Authors