• The marginal value theorem (MVT) is an optimality model that usually describes the behavior of an optimally foraging individual in a system where resources...
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    these situations. The marginal value theorem is a type of optimality model that is often applied to optimal foraging. This theorem is used to describe a...
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    their food, such as Kleiber's law, Holling's disk equation and the marginal value theorem (see below). Kleiber's law describes the relationship between an...
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    foraging theory have been made by: Eric Charnov, who developed the marginal value theorem to predict the behavior of foragers using patches; Sir John Krebs...
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    optimal foraging strategy for search has been modelled using the marginal value theorem. Search patterns often appear random. One such is the Lévy walk...
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    Learning curve Experience curve effects Liebig's Law of the minimum Marginal value theorem Opportunity cost Returns to scale Pareto efficiency Self-organized...
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    Emergence Extinction debt Kleiber's law Liebig's law of the minimum Marginal value theorem Thorson's rule Xerosere Other Allometry Alternative stable state...
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  • analysis) Marden's theorem (polynomials) Mazur's control theorem (number theory) Mergelyan's theorem (complex analysis) Marginal value theorem (biology, optimization)...
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    Emergence Extinction debt Kleiber's law Liebig's law of the minimum Marginal value theorem Thorson's rule Xerosere Other Allometry Alternative stable state...
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    Emergence Extinction debt Kleiber's law Liebig's law of the minimum Marginal value theorem Thorson's rule Xerosere Other Allometry Alternative stable state...
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