While the mechanistic links between animal movement and population dynamics are
ecologically obvious, it is much less clear when knowledge of animal movement is a …

We studied the nature of information that frugivorous foragers take into account to increase
their chances of discovering bountiful fruit crops. We recorded the foraging behaviour of five …

Many complex real-world decisions, such as deciding which house to buy or whether to
switch jobs, involve trying to maximize reward across a sequence of choices. Optimal …

Background Central place foragers (CPF) rest within a central place, and theory predicts that
distance of patches from this central place sets the outer limits of the foraging arena. Many …

Understanding complex movement behaviors via mechanistic models is one key challenge
in movement ecology. We built a theoretical simulation model using evolutionarily trained …

Miniature electronic devices have recently enabled ecologists to document relatively large
amounts of animal trajectories. Modelling such trajectories may contribute to explaining the …

Many models from foraging theory and movement ecology assume that resources are
encountered randomly. If food locations, types and values are retained in memory, however …

Humans remember the past and use that information to plan future actions. Lab experiments
that test memory for the location of food show that animals have a similar capability to act in …

The ability of wild animals to navigate and survive in complex and dynamic environments
depends on their ability to store relevant information and place it in a spatial context. Despite …

Arditi and Ginzburg (2012) propose ordinary differential equations (ODEs) with ratio-
dependent functional responses as the new null model for predation, based on their earlier …